Special Topics In Philosophy (390-0-20)

Topic

Indigenous Philosophy

Instructors

Baron Reed
847/467-6370
Kresge 3-421

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-435: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course will present some of the central themes in Indigenous Philosophy, with a primary focus on Native American thought. Topics will include Indigenous perspectives on identity, knowledge, reality and humans' place within it, ethics, justice, and our obligations to the natural world. Readings will include both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Students will be expected to spend an hour a week in nature, to post on Canvas about what they have noticed, and to respond to a classmate's post.

Registration Requirements

Students must have taken at least one prior Philosophy or NAIS course.

Class Materials (Required)

Class materials must be purchased.

Keith Basso, Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache, University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
978-0826317247

Viola Cordova, How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova, University of Arizona Press, 2007.
978-0816526499

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Milkweed Editions, 2015.
978-1571313560

Jonathan Lear, Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation, Harvard University Press, 2008.
978-0674027466

Class Notes

Students must have taken at least one prior Philosophy or NAIS course.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Pre-registration -- Reserved for Philosophy students.
Add Consent: Instructor Consent Required