Politics from the Global South

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Political thought is produced by people who are themselves situated within global networks of economic and political power. Scholars, activists, and other thinkers in the global south produce theories about politics that are different from the theories produced by scholars who are closer to centers of political, social, and economic power. In this course, we will explore some of the political thought produced by scholars in the global south. We will read the works of decolonial and postcolonial thinkers, feminist theorists, indigenous scholars, activist communities, etc., focusing on the challenges that their ways of thinking represent for Western forms of knowledge production. Further, we will ask what these challenges show us about global power relations in the production and circulation of knowledge. Finally, we will consider how these theoretical perspectives have been taken up by anthropologists and other scholars in Western academic settings. Satisfies Social-Scientific Thought requirement Satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement