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Issues of decolonization are among the fundamental questions in 20th-century non-European philosophies. Thus, how do African and diasporic philosophers understand the formation of decolonial consciousness? This seminar explores different conceptions of decolonial consciousness in African philosophies and the African diaspora. Through readings by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kwasi Wiredu, Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyewùmí, Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, Achille Mbembe, and Sylvia Tamale (among others), we examine decolonial consciousness as a simultaneous process of self-understanding and disentanglement from the colonial gaze. For Wiredu and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, decolonization begins with language and the critical examination of inherited concepts. Césaire, Fanon, Biko, and Mbembe investigate how colonialism produces racialized forms of consciousness and attempt to cultivate a “Black” consciousness that resists the colonized consciousness. Oyewùmí and Tamale extend this discussion by examining how colonialism also shapes gender, shedding light to the fact that decolonial consciousness must attend to the intersections of race, gender, culture, and history.
The seminar will be conducted in collaboration with Lindokuhle Shabane (South Africa), a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” (glophi.com).
The seminar will be conducted in English. A sufficient command of the language is required for participation.
Studienleistungen: short presentation, reading protocol of a chapter or short essay.
Prüfungsleistung: Hausarbeit or oral examination. |
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