Black Political Thought

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

What is Black Political Thought? For what purpose was it established? What are its relationships to the anti-colonial idea of decolonization and the post-colonial critique of the colonial? This course aims to explore answers to some of these questions. The course focuses on the writings of Black political thinkers/concepts in the UK/Europe. Through critical examination of the conditions against, and contexts within which, Black political theories/philosophies are situated/produced, this course hopes to arrive at some logical understanding of the principles, goals, and strategies developed to contest and redefine the concept of citizenship (vis-à-vis the imperatives of race/racism and the global colonial formation), humanity (ontological implications), ethical commitments to justice, democracy, and freedom.