This course focuses on the nature of oppression and on the work of those philosophers who have sought to uncover, understand, criticize and resist it. Topics may include: controversies in defining oppression; economic exploitation and the critique of capitalism; the politics of race and post-colonialism; the struggles of Indigenous nations and people; oppression on the basis of sex and/or gender; cultural forms of oppression; intersectional strategies of resistance.
Weekly Contact: Lecture:3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
Liberal Studies: UL