Black Philosophy

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This is a survey course that will cover issues in the Black and African American philosophical tradition. The course will give an overview of the ethics, political theory, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language relevant to the experience of Black people with an aim of understanding the distinctive and important contributions of the Black intellectual tradition. Topics covered may include race, culture, racism, justice, oppression, agency, violence, class, identity, nationalism, white supremacy, intersectionality, and power. Readings may include work by Martin Delaney, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Alain Locke, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Anthony Appiah, Bernard Boxill, Cornell West, Tommie Shelby, bell hooks, Charles Mills, and related authors.