This seminar-style course explores critical thinking about culture, history, politics, and society by some of the most influential Latin American intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. Emphasis on theoretical contributions, in English translation, of Latin American thinkers such as Rod贸, Vasconcelos, Mariategui, Zea, Dussel, Garc铆a Canclini, Cornejo Polar, Quijano and Lugones. Topics covered include questing identities, cultural diversity, indigenism, liberation theology, colonialism, neocolonialism, postcolonialism, coloniality, and decoloniality. Readings and seminar discussions in English.
This seminar-style course explores critical thinking about culture, history, politics, and society by some of the most influential Latin American intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. Emphasis on theoretical contributions, in English translation, of Latin American thinkers such as Rod贸, Vasconcelos, Mariategui, Zea, Dussel, Garc铆a Canclini, Cornejo Polar, Quijano and Lugones. Topics covered include questing identities, cultural diversity, indigenism, liberation theology, colonialism, neocolonialism, postcolonialism, coloniality, and decoloniality. Readings and seminar discussions in English.
