UCOR-3400 : Empires and Afro-Uptopia

Empires are often associated with power, and utopia with impossible visions.  What are the global challenges created by legacies of modern imperialism?  How are these reflected in unequal contemporary political and economic relations?  We will explore how African Diaspora intellectual history has engaged with inequality in the discourse of justice.  Under the rubric of empire and utopia, we will explore how freedom and justice, and philosophical and material progress are encoded in African Diaspora narratives.