Spring 2024  |  POL 3210 Section 001: Topics in Political Theory -- After Empire: Decolonization & Postcolonial Theory (68234)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
18 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (29 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics courses provide students with the opportunity to study key concepts, thinkers, and themes in Political Theory not normally covered in the standard slate of course offerings. The specific content of these courses varies considerably from year to year. See the current class schedule for details.
Class Notes:
What is distinctive about postcolonial political theory? What lessons does it hold for the history of political thought and contemporary political theory? This course investigates these questions by reconsidering the trajectory of 20th-century anticolonial thought and, especially, its aftermath since the major period of decolonization (1945-1960). The course is divided into five modules. It begins by studying some important threads of anticolonial thought in the first half of the 20th century, concentrating on Gandhi, Fanon, and Senghor, alongside the problem of multiple modernities. Following this introduction, the course adopts a regional focus to understand the distinct legacies of anticolonial thought and decolonization in South Asia, North Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. In each of these cases, the focus will be on the work of postcolonial theorists, such as Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ashis Nandy, Stuart Hall, Timothy Mitchell, and Arturo Escobar. Salient themes of the course will include modernity, nationalism, democracy, religion, freedom, and the role of economics in the postcolonial experiences of the 20th and early-21st centuries. This class will be offered synchronously, online. https://classinfo.umn.edu/?asinha+POL3210+Spring2024
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68234/1243

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