ANTH 23710 /43710 - Decolonization and the Pax Americana

Institution:

University of Chicago

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This course focuses on Pax Americana and what it has meant for decolonization and the economic, cultural, and political life of ex-colonies. We read works of leading anticolonial and postcolonial theorists (e.g., Gandhi, Fanon, Said, Subaltern Studies) in connection with U.S. contemporary and contrapuntal figures (e.g., Gandhi with Truman, Fanon with Wendell Willkie). Theorists of empire from Gibbon, Macaulay, and Maine to Niall Ferguson and Hart and Negri are contrasted with and connected to actual theorists and wielders of American power from Mahan and Upton, to Rostow and Kissinger, to Fukuyama, Powell, Haass, and Rumsfeld. J. D. Kelly. Not offered 2009 C10; will be offered 201 0 -11.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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