Social Transform & Liberation

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Taught by PSR. SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND LIBERATION What is social transformation and how can it be effected? This course explores how different understandings of social transformation and especially concepts of "liberation" shape public life and discourse. The class considers a number of different movements, some theological, some not, including liberation philosophy and theology and post-colonial thought. Figures to be read include Cornel West, Gustavo Gurierrez, Enrique Dussel, Marcella Althaus Reid, Karl Marx, Simone Weil, Franz Fanon, Edward Said, and Gayatri Spivak. {Faculty Consent required]