AFR 402
The Political Thought of Frantz Fanon
Fall 2009
Division II
Cross-listed
PHIL 360 / PSCI 360
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon was among the leading critical theorists and Africana thinkers of the twentieth-century. Fanon ushered in the decolonial turn in critical theory, a move calling on those both within and outside of Europe to challenge the coloniality of the age and to forge a new vision of politics in the postcolonial period. This course is an advanced seminar devoted to a comprehensive examination of Fanon’s political thought. We will begin with an analysis of primary texts by Fanon and end by considering how Fanon has been interpreted by his contemporaries as well as activists and critical theorists writing today.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 14
Expected: 14
Class#: 1107
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 14
Expected: 14
Class#: 1107
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based upon attendance and participation, weekly 1-page reading response papers, a class presentation, and one 25-page final research paper containing an abstract, keywords, text, and endnotes
Prerequisites:
none; open to all seniors
Enrollment Preferences:
Africana Studies concentrators
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AFR 402 Division II PHIL 360 Division II PSCI 360 Division II
AFR 402 Division II PHIL 360 Division II PSCI 360 Division II
Attributes:
AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
AMST Critical and Cultural Theory Electives
AMST Critical and Cultural Theory Electives
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AFR 402 - 01 (F) SEM Political Thought Frantz Fanon
AFR 402 - 01 (F) SEM Political Thought Frantz FanonDivision IIW 1:10 pm - 3:50 pm
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