POSC 332. African American Political Thought

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 014492 Grading Basis GRD

This three-credit course examines central questions in African American political thought from the American Revolution to the present. Broadly speaking, students will consider what African American thinkers have said about their place in and relationship to American democracy. In so doing, students will also consider what those writers have said regarding a range of issues central to modern political thought more generally, including the nature of democratic life, identity and “race” solidarity, the use of violence in politics, the nexus between gender, race, and power, and more. Prerequisite(s): POSC 201 .