HIST 12C
Inequality: Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought and Struggle
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Ongoing growth and normalization of poverty, violence, and racial hatred in neo-liberal present have direct linkage to earlier moment when colonial rule of previous century brought about global structure of inequality. Examination of some of most important voices of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle from comparative perspective in order to historicize current conjuncture. Readings include Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Ho Chi Minh, Toten Miyazaki, Sun Yat-Sen, Shusui Kotoku, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Mahatma Gandhi. Use of dialogue to reveal and reflect on commonalities and differences of thinker/activist pairs. Historical background for each thinker and active engagement in interpretation and discussion of texts. Group project as way to reflect on current conjecture. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2019 - I took this class in my freshman year. It is still the best class I have taken at UCLA. There were two essays, a group project and weekly reports (that were only a paragraph long). Hirano is an extremely engaging professors, he doesn't care ıf the students get the small details. He emphasizes the students understanding the topics at a more general level. The topics discussed in class, the figures that are taught and the textbooks that are assigned are all very interesting. There is attendance in lectures, but even if there wasn't, I still would've gone to every lecture. The TA Rory was also amazing. I hope I can take another class by Hirano when I am a student at UCLA.
Spring 2019 - I took this class in my freshman year. It is still the best class I have taken at UCLA. There were two essays, a group project and weekly reports (that were only a paragraph long). Hirano is an extremely engaging professors, he doesn't care ıf the students get the small details. He emphasizes the students understanding the topics at a more general level. The topics discussed in class, the figures that are taught and the textbooks that are assigned are all very interesting. There is attendance in lectures, but even if there wasn't, I still would've gone to every lecture. The TA Rory was also amazing. I hope I can take another class by Hirano when I am a student at UCLA.
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