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SoSe 21: Anti-colonial political thought

Jared Holley

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This seminar introduces some of the key texts and figures in 20th-century anticolonial political thought, and to some of the major theoretical responses to this tradition. Staging a dialogue between global intellectual history and political theory, the seminar will provide students with the tools to critically assess the engagement—and lack thereof—with this tradition in both disciplines. The seminar consists of three parts. The first introduces historical and theoretical approaches to liberal imperialism, civilization and empire, and (settler) colonialism. The second surveys strategies of anticolonial resistance such as Pan-Africanism, Négritude, anticolonial nationalism, revolutionary (non-)violence, and the limits of formal decolonization. The third critically assesses academic approaches such as orientalism, subaltern studies, and decoloniality. Throughout, we will be concerned with the relevance of these approaches to contemporary political struggles. Course Requirements: A. regular and active participation (reading required texts and engaging in class discussion); B. short written responses to weekly readings (uploaded to Blackboard); C. either one long seminar paper (6.000 words) OR one book review (1.000 words) and one shorter seminar paper (5.000 words). Schließen