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World History in Documents by Exploring Global Philosophers and Non-Euro Contributions
In this unit of the course, we will each choose a philosopher below (you are more than welcome to suggest another writer or thinker that you would like to explore) from one of the global regions and cultures below. You will be asked to research, write, and teach the class using the following steps:
Proposal and Research: Choose and situate your selected philosopher in terms of her or his time, place, life events, influences, etc. How is your selected thinker responding to and contributing to ideas and events in the world around them? This research will be written up. Proposal and works cited due 1/14 (Counted as a Journal Entry)
Read and Write: choose a selected text (10-15 pages or more!) from your thinker that you will review. Separate from your teaching materials, you will submit an individual analysis and reflection paper (500 words or more: 2 or more pages). From this reading, you will highlight and prepare a selection of that work that you will share with the class and prepare to teach and lead a discussion. Paper Due 1/24 (Counted as Paper)
Teach: Given your research and written analysis, you will assign a selection of what you had read and analyzed from your philosopher(s) writings that the class will read ahead of time. You will then put together some teaching materials (slides or other presentation materials) that will include your work from steps 1 and 2. You will be asked to both teach (present information) about your philosopher as well as lead a discussion based on some of the themes and philosophical issues in the class assigned reading from your chosen philosopher. Starts Jan 27th and Finishes in Feb. (Counted as Lab)
The following are a small sampling of writers and readings that I can provide, but feel free to propose someone else:
Latin American Philosophers
Leopoldo Zea (1912-2004): “Is Latin American Philosophy Possible?”
Paulo Freire (1921-1997): Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004): Borderlands/La Frontera
African Philosophers
The Teachings of Ptahhotep (2375-2350 BCE!): The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World
Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995): Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy
Awa Thiam (1950-Present): Feminism and Revolution
Chinese Philosophers
Mencius (371-289 BCE): The Works of Mencius
Tu Weiming (1940: Present): The Continuity of Being: Chinese Visions of Nature
Lijun Yuan (1951-Present): Confucian Ren and Feminist Ethics of Care
Middle Eastern Philosophers
Averroes (1126-1198): Treatise Determing The Nature of the Connection between Religion and Philosophy.
Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) Guide to the Perplexed
Amina Wadud (1952-Present) Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective