Political Science 797RE - ST-Race,Empire,Struggle/AmDem

A reexamination of central concepts in the history of political thought - e.g. power, equality, freedom, capitalism, domination, responsibility, citizenship, empire, and revolution - from the perspective of African American political struggles. Particular focus will be given to how political thinkers have theorized the complex and contradictory relationship between race and modern democracy. We will also place emphasis on the international and imperial dimensions racial politics in the United States. Readings draw from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, WEB Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, and Angela Davis.