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Class number:
3337
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Title: Philosophy and Europe |
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Department: Philosophy |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 21 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, SH - S205 |
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Instructor(s): De Schryver, Carmen |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
Current assumptions about the history of philosophy, both in and outside of academia, by and large depict that history as "Western". This has led to the charge that philosophy is deeply Eurocentric, and it lies behind the various demands to decolonize philosophy. In this course, we will unpack this charge by tracing the philosophical idea of Europe in Kantian and post-Kantian European philosophy. The second half of the course builds on this foundation by engaging with a variety of decolonial critiques. We will consider Césaire's foundational Discourse on Colonialism before turning to considerations of how the "Orient"; "Africa" and "Latin America" have been fabricated by and within European colonialist and philosophical discourse. Finally, we will consider various routes out of philosophy's colonialist entanglements. |