Political Science 372 - Black Political Thought

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 attention will be paid to how political thinkers have theorized the complex and contradictory relationship between race and modern democracy. Readings draw from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, WEB Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Angela Davis, and Toni Morrison. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)

Open to seniors & juniors only. POLISC171,203,272/3orAFROAM101