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Wed 12.24.08| The Project of Decolonization

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Caribbean Philosophical Association

Grosfoguel, Maldonado-Torres & Saldivar, eds., Latino/as in the World-System: Decolonization Struggles in the 21st Century U.S. Empire Paradigm, 2006

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Too many wars in the twentieth century, and in this one. Nelson Maldonado-Torres draws upon thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aime Cesaire to argue for a project of decolonization, one that directly confronts the Western paradigm of racist war. In his book Against War, Maldonado-Torres also analyzes the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Enrique Dussel. (Encore presentation.)

Mon 11.24.08| Damaged Social Relations

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Samuel Lucas, Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested Prejudice Temple U. Press, 2008

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What's happened to race and gender prejudice in the US? Is discrimination what one person does to another? And which historical events have helped determine the course of race- and gender-based struggles? Samuel Lucas investigates race, gender and social policy, and critiques mainstream discussions of discrimination, in a new book.

Tues 11.11.08| Crisis, Response

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P. Sainath's lecture at U.C. Berkeley

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Why are more than ten thousand farmers in India committing suicide each year? Among the reasons, asserts the award-winning journalist P. Sainath, is neoliberal globalization. Also, Melissa Hart discusses the rejection by Colorado voters of a Ward Connerly-backed anti-affirmative action ballot initiative.

Mon 8.18.08| The Project of Decolonization

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Grosfoguel, Maldonado-Torres & Saldivar, eds., Latino/as in the World-System: Decolonization Struggles in the 21st Century U.S. Empire Paradigm, 2006

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Too many wars in the twentieth century, and in this one. Nelson Maldonado-Torres draws upon thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aime Cesaire to argue for a project of decolonization, one that directly confronts the Western paradigm of racist war. In his book Against War, Maldonado-Torres also analyzes the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Enrique Dussel.

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