Huey P. Newton: Philosopher/Panther

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James Baldwin once wrote: “Huey Newton is one of the most important people to have been produced by the American chaos.” Despite being known almost exclusively as the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Newton was also a philosopher, scholar, and prolific writer in his own right. This course closely examines his body of work, ranging widely over the fields and topics of race, class, gender, sexuality, psychology, philosophy, economics, and political theory. We will read Newton’s works alongside those of his major influences (eg. Descartes, Nietzsche, Malcolm X, Baldwin, etc.) and those that he influenced, in order to develop a more complete picture of Newton’s overarching system of thought.