RP 400 - Africana Philosophy

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: HI 130, or permission of instructor. A study of leading philosophers in the field of African- American philosophy from 1619 to the present. This philosophy born of struggle will focus its attention on the dominant themes of Africana thought existence, identity, alienation, oppression, racism and sexism. Special reference will be given to thinkers such as Howard McGary, Martin Delaney, Frederick Douglass, Garvey, W.E.B. Dubois, Cornel West, bell hooks, Naomi Zack, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. (SP)