Fall 2024 Middle East GU4059 section 001

Race and Racism in the Global South

Race & Racism in Global S

Call Number 20930
Day & Time
Location
T 4:10pm-6:00pm
207 Knox Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Humeira Iqtidar
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Contemporary discussions about racism have tended to focus on the experience of North Atlantic slave trade and theoretical debates tend to rely upon American experiences of racialization. However, there is substantial variation in the contours of racism across time and space. Relatedly, strategies for resistance to racism also vary significantly. It is important to think through the political and theoretical implications of potential differences in experiences and forms of racism in the global south. To this end, this course attempts to provide an insight into both historical and ideational variation. We will engage with historical research as well as the political ideas of particular thinkers grappling with the challenge of modern racism. At the same time as exploring the variation in historical, regional and ideational debates we will pay considerable attention to the arguments proposed by many global south thinkers about homogenization under global capitalism. The mutual imbrication of modern racism and capitalism has been an important concern for many 20th century Global South thinkers and it is useful to think through their arguments regarding simultaneous homogenization and differentiation built into capitalism. While ‘non-Western’ or Global South thinkers have been addressed questions of race and racism in important ways, some have also voiced racist views of their own. The course draws upon scholarship in Postcolonial Theory, Black Marxist and Radical thought, and Comparative Political Theory, as well recent comparative historical research on questions of slavery and racialization. Please note that you will find this module easier if you have studied some political theory at university.

Web Site Vergil
Department Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Enrollment 14 students (20 max) as of 9:06AM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Subject Middle East
Number GU4059
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20243MDES4059W001