Hate Speech, Manifestos, and Radical Writings

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Examines writings, speeches and texts that provoke radical or even revolutionary social change. At its core, this course asks: What is the radical and what does it do? How do radical writings function as texts, speech acts, inspirational documents, testimonies, accounts of madness, frightening moments, calls to arms, peacekeeping entities or speaking truth to power? Examines injurious speech and provocative writings that span a range of social movements and topics, including radical feminism, radical queer, Black power, indigenous rights, art and performance, anti-technology, animal rights, violence, madness and revolutionary resistance.