PL 321 - African-American Philosophy

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
African-American Philosophy is a complex discourse that intertwines African ideals that survived the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, European philosophical influence on early America, and philosophical developments crafted through eras like American Chattel Slavery, the failures of Reconstruction, Jim/Jane Crow, the various movements of the 1960s, and continues to develop now in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). As a historical course, this journey strengthens students’ understanding of African-American thought as a central tradition within Philosophy, and a primary contributor to American philosophical canons like Pragmatism and Transcendentalism. This course engages African American (Black) philosophy from 1789 to the present. (U)
Prerequisite(s): One PL course