LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY OF LIBERATION.

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Cross-listed: PHIL 332 . Pre-requisites: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity. A research seminar focused on justice and liberation in the context of Latin America. Surveys a wide range of Philosophies including Indigenous, Colonial, Scholastic, Positivist, Feminist, Vitalist, and Pragmatist philosophies. Topics include the deleterious effect of ideas and practices from Europe and the US within the region, liberatory praxis against oppression, the continued effects of US colonialism on Puerto Rico and how Latin American philosophy fosters political liberation.