GOVT 6865

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GOVT 6865
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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This seminar is an intensive study of the political thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr. Approaching texts in contexts, we will read works including The Souls of Black Folk, Darkwater, Black Reconstruction in America, Stride toward Freedom, and Where Do We Go from Here? as illocutionary interventions in major political crises and ideological disputes of twentieth century Black political thought. Topics we will explore include freedom and dignity, slavery and its afterlives, racial capitalism, leadership and mass politics, democracy and abolition, empire and decolonization, political aesthetics, and the politics of prophetic critique. We will pay special attention to Du Bois and King's respective contributions in national and transnational contexts of the global color line.

When Offered Spring.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6865, ASRC 6865, GOVT 4000, RELST 6865

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18298 GOVT 6865   SEM 101

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18299 GOVT 6865   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies