PHIL-421 Latin American Philosophy (3)

Critical examination of a range of Latin American ideas chosen to demonstrate the power, vitality, and usefulness of Latin American intellectual life for North American social and cultural issues. The course explores identity, marginality, bolivarismo, mexicanidad, mestizaje, critiques of power, role of ideology, feminism, Third World identity, social justice, liberation, culture in human psychology, indigenous peoples, and decolonial thought. Crosslist: PHIL-621. Prerequisite: one PHIL course.