Inequality: Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought and Struggle

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Ongoing growth and normalization of poverty, violence, and racial hatred in neo-liberal present have direct linkage to earlier moment when colonial rule of previous century brought about global structure of inequality. Examination of some of most important voices of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle from comparative perspective in order to historicize current conjuncture. Readings include Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Ho Chi Minh, Toten Miyazaki, Sun Yat-Sen, Shusui Kotoku, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Mahatma Gandhi. Use of dialogue to reveal and reflect on commonalities and differences of thinker/activist pairs. Historical background for each thinker and active engagement in interpretation and discussion of texts. Group project as way to reflect on current conjecture. P/NP or letter grading.

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    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 In-Person
    Grade: P

    Even though I ended up dropping this class after the first two weeks, I strongly feel that this was a class that had a lot of potential to be taught well but the professor made me absolutely hate it. If you're the type of person who does not like to be taught in lectures and just likes to hear your fellow peers talk about what they thought about the concept then this class is for you. I took this class when classes were online for the first few weeks of the quarter, the professor was extremely accommodating, he refused to record classes for students who could not attend, as a student who was in a country with a 13 hour time difference, attending classes at 5 am was very challenging. He also wanted our cameras to be on for the entire lecture and discussion section. The only circumstance I would recommend this class in is if you like participating in class and want to learn on your own rather than being taught by a professor.

Course

Instructor
Katsuya Hirano
Previously taught
22W 21S 19S

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

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