Syllabus: Readings/Schedule

Working Schedule:

Introduction – Race and Gender through Politics and Metaphysics
Sep 26 Course Introduction and Administration
Sep 29 Race, Gender, and The Politics of Recognition:
Richard Rorty, “Is ‘Cultural Recognition’ a Useful Concept for Leftist Politics?”
Nancy Fraser, “Why Overcoming Prejudice is Not Enough”
Oct 1 Race, Gender and the Metaphysics of Constructionism:
Ian Hacking, Social Construction of What?, Ch.1 (1-34), Ch.4 (100-124)
Oct 3 Race and Gender through Politics and Metaphysics:
[no reading today but a short 1 page response paper to intro material due today Oct 3]

Gender – Performance
Oct 6 Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Preface and Ch. 1 (vii-xii, 1-34)
Oct 8 Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Ch. 2 (35-78, esp. 72ff.)
Oct 10 Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Ch. 3 (79-141, esp. 128ff.)

Gender – Eliminativism
Oct 13 Sally Haslanger, “Gender & Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them to Be?”
Anne Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes Revisited”
*see also Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes”
Oct 15 Sally Haslanger, “Social Knowledge, Social Structure, and Ideology Critique”
Oct 17 [no class meeting but a short 1 page response paper due in class on Mon Oct 20]

Race – Introduction: “Where are all the philosophers of race?”
Oct 20 Paul Taylor, Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Ch. 1
*see also James, “Race” on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy online at
Oct 22 Paul Taylor, Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 (up to pg. 84)
Oct 24 Paul Taylor, Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Ch. 3 (pp.84-120)

Race – Eliminativism
Oct 27 Anthony Appiah, “Race, Culture, Identity” (pp. 53-7, 98-111, 135-6).
Anthony Appiah, “Would that still be me?: Gender, ‘Race’, Ethnicity” (pp.493-9)
*see also Appiah, “The Uncompleted Argument: DuBois and the Illusion of Race”
*see also Appiah, “Politics and Who We Are” on bloggingheads.tv online
*see also Haslanger, “Future Genders? Future Races?”
*see also Hollinger, Post-Ethnic America
*see also Zack, Philosophy of Science and Race
Oct 29 Anthony Appiah, The Ethics of Identity, Preface and Ch. 1 (pp.ix-xvii, 1-27)
Oct 31 Anthony Appiah, The Ethics of Identity, Ch. 2 (pp. 36-61)
* see also Mishima short story, “Patriotism”
Nov 3 Anthony Appiah, The Ethics of Identity, Ch. 3 (pp. 62-71, 99-113)
Nov 5 Anthony Appiah, The Ethics of Identity, Ch. 4 (pp.114-154)
Nov 7 Guest Lecturer Jake Metcalf on Sciences of Race
Nov 10 Further Work on and Responses to Appiah including (all on eRes):

• Paul Taylor, Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Ch. 4 (pp.125-142)
• Ron Sundstrom, “'Racial' Nominalism”
  
• George Yancy, “Elevators, Social Spaces, and Racism”
• Appiah, Ethics of Identity (pp.155-165, 192-99)

[WORKING INTRO PARAGRAPH FOR RESEARCH PAPERS DUE IN CLASS MONDAY NOV 10]

Race – Historicism & Reformism
Nov 12 Cornel West, “Race and Modernity” (pp.55-86)
*see also Hacking, “Why Race Still Matters”
*see also Frederickson, Racism: A Short History
Nov 14 Cornel West, Race Matters, Introduction and Chapters 1-2
Nov 17 Cornel West, Race Matters, Chs. 3-4
*see also West, “The Dilemma of the Black Intellectual”
[FIRST VERSION OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE IN CLASS & BY EMAIL MONDAY NOV 17]
Nov 19 Cornel West, Race Matters, Chs. 5-8
Nov 21 James Baldwin, “Down at the Cross” in The Fire Next Time (parts I and II)

Gender and Race – Intersections & Intensifications
Nov 24 bell hooks, Feminist Theory, prefaces, pp.x-xviii
bell hooks, Feminist Theory, “Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory”, pp.1-17
bell hooks, Feminist Theory, “Feminism: Movement to End Sexist Oppression”, pp.18-33
Paul Taylor, Race: A Philosophical Introduction, pp.63-9
* see also Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought
* see also Thomas, “Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences”
* see also Wasserstrom, “Racism and Sexism”
* see also Zack (ed.), Race/Sex: Their Sameness, Difference, and Interplay
Nov 26 bell hooks, Yearning, “Liberation Scenes: Speak This Yearning”, pp.1-14
bell hooks, Yearning, “Reflections on Race and Sex”, pp.57-64
Nov 28 [no class due to the Thanksgiving holiday break]
Dec 1 Linda Alcoff, Visible Identities, “Introduction” (pp.5-11) & Ch. 4 (pp.84-125)
* see also Ellen K. Feder, Family Bonds: Genealogies of Race and Gender
Dec 3 Linda Alcoff, Vis Idnt, Ch. 4 (pp. 125-9), Ch. 6 (151-9, 164-76), & Ch. 7 (179-85-194-204)
Dec 5 [FINAL RESEARCH PAPERS DUE IN CLASS & BY EMAIL TODAY]
* readings denoted by an asterisk in smaller type are highly recommended optional readings

Readings
Required Books (available at Literary Guillotine in Downtown Santa Cruz):

• Appiah, Kwame Anthony. 2005. The Ethics of Identity. Princeton: Princeton University, 2005.
• Baldwin, James. 1963. The Fire Next Time. Any edition will do.
• Butler, Judith. 1990. Gender Trouble. New York: Routledge, 1990.
• Taylor, Paul. 2004. Race: A Philosophical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity, 2004.
• West, Cornel. 1993. Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.

Required Articles and/or Chapters (find online on eRes or w/ library databases):

• Alcoff, Linda. 2006. Visible Identities. Oxford: Oxford University, 2006.
• Appiah, K. Anthony. 1990. “But would that still be me? Notes on gender, ‘race,’ ethnicity as sources of identity” in The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXXXVII, No. 10 (October 1990): 493-499.
• Appiah, K. Anthony. 1996. “Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections” in Tanner Lectures on Human Values. Available online at ‘Tanner Center for Human Values’ website and on eRes.
• Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 2000. “The five sexes, revisited” in Sciences (New York) 40 (4): 18–23.
• Fraser, Nancy. 2000. “Why Overcoming Prejudice is Not Enough: A Rejoinder to Richard Rorty” in Critical Horizons v1n1, Feb. 2000: 21-28.
• Hacking, Ian. 1999. The Social Construction of What? Cambridge: Harvard University, 1999.
• Haslanger, Sally. 2007. “Social Knowledge, Social Structure, and Ideology Critique” in Philosophical Issues 17, 2007: 70-91.
• Haslanger, Sally. 2000. “Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?” in Nous 34, no. 1, 2000: 31-55.
• hooks, bell. 1984. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. Cambridge: South End Press, 2000.
• hooks, bell. 1990. Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics. Cambridge: South End Press, 1990.
• Rorty, Richard. 2000. “Is ‘Cultural Recognition’ a Useful Concept for Leftist Politics?” in Critical Horizons v1n1, Feb. 2000: 7-20.
• West, Cornel. 1982. “Race and Modernity” in The Cornel West Reader. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
• Yancy, George. 2008. “Elevators, Social Spaces, and Racism: A Philosophical Analysis” in Philosophy and Social Criticism, Vol. 34, No. 8, Oct., 2008: 843-876.