AAS 314 : Black Philosophy

Credits: 3
Semester:
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC

Examines the emergence of a philosophical tradition within the African, African-American, and Caribbean context, its relationship to "Western" canons of philosophical inquiry, and its engagements with questions of racial oppression, consciousness and culture, the politics of liberation, and the meaning of freedom. Specific topics addressed vary from semester to semester but may include Black Liberation Theology, Marxism and the Black Radical Tradition, Black Feminist Thought, the Black Self in Slavery and Freedom, and Blacks and Money. We also consider the lives and writing of individual thinkers from throughout the African diaspora including, but not limited to, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter, C.L.R. James, Audre Lorde, Leopold Senghor, Claudia Jones, Stuart Hall, Chiekh Anta Diop, Achilles Mbembe, and Angela Davis.

Class Schedule: Fall 2009

 AAS 314 not offered in this semester, or the department has chosen not to publish it in the on-line class schedule.



Class Schedule: Spring 2010

 AAS 314 not offered in this semester, or the department has chosen not to publish it in the on-line class schedule.

Last Updated: Nov 23, 2009 7:37:44 AM