CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"COLONIALISM, GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS: KEYWORDS FOR THE CURRENT CRISES" IN THE INTENSIFICATION OF DIFFERENT CRISES AT A GLOBAL SCALE: MASS DEPORTATION AND INCARCERATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, GLOBAL WARMING, FORCED DISPLACEMENT, EXTREME ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, RESTRICTIONS ON REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, AND AN INCREASE IN RACIALIZED AND GENDERED VIOLENCE. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF THESE PROBLEMS? IN THIS CLASS, WE WILL STUDY THESE PRESSING ISSUES IN INTERCONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER. MOVING AWAY FROM AN APPROACH THAT EXPLORES THE CURRENT SOCIAL PROCESSES OF VIOLENT REORGANIZATION AS EXCEPTIONAL, WE WILL EMPHASIZE THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THESE CRISES WITH THE LONG HISTORIES OF COLONIAL DISPOSSESSION, ENSLAVEMENT AND RACIALIZED VIOLENCE, GENDERED OPPRESSION, AND CAPITAL ACCUMULATION.