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Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human
HDS 2438

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Description

This advanced seminar will study the works of Caribbean theorist, Sylvia Wynter, focusing on her contributions to re-conceptualizing the human. What is the history of modern models for the human? How do those models need to change and why? And how do these interrogations relate to race, global poverty and climate change? The class will study her works in relation with some of her interlocutors, including Aimé Césaire, Franz Fanon, Édouard Glissant, and Michel Foucault, among others. It will also explore her theories of religion and coloniality.
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 2514.This is a limited enrollment course, see Canvas site for information on enrollment requirements.

School Harvard Divinity School
Credits 4
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Course Component Seminar
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HDS Student Option (LG/SUS)
MTS/ThM Area of Focus African and African American Studies
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
Religious Thought, Philosophy, and Theology
Arts of Ministry N/A
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices N/A
Language Course Type N/A
Language Taught N/A
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation N/A
Course Level N/A