SPAN 45.07 Slaves from the Past, Slaves Next Door

This course will deal with human bondage. It will try to address a fundamental question: Under what circumstances and through what strategies does a human being strip another human being of his/her humanity? From Columbus to Almodóvar we will use modern theories of human domination/bondage —Hegel and Nietzsche’s theorization of the master-slave dynamics —as we explore slavery and human bondage trough history in literature and films.

Materials for the course will include readings from Columbus, Hegel, Nietzsche, Manzano, Gomez de Avellaneda, Carpentier and García Márquez, as well as films by Spielberg, Pontecorvo, Almodóvar, y Bollaín.

Instructor

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Prerequisite

SPAN 20

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT; WCult:CI

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