AADS2300 · African and African Diaspora Studies
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
What happens when we die? Historically, the conditions of death in America have never been equal or just for all, but do visions of an afterlife resolve the inequities of lived experience? With Orlando Patterson's pronouncement of the black slave and social death in mind, this course examines the way a theological vision of "the damned" informs everything from racialized injustice and incarceration, to sovereignty and Zombie anxiety in the American conscience. Bringing together philosophy, theology, and critical race theory, we will consider how constructions of death, memory, eternity, and the Other speak to the ethics of a life "well-lived."
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Fall 2021
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