1. Plato’s <italic>Republic</italic> and Black feminist thought.
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Wilburn, Josh
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BLACK feminism , *BLACK feminists , *STUDENT attitudes , *INDIVIDUATION (Philosophy) , *STUDENT engagement - Abstract
In 2019 I designed and taught two iterations of “Plato and Black Feminist Thought”, a special topics version of a course on Plato. It combined a reading of the
Republic with texts from the Black feminist tradition with thematic connections to Plato's dialogue. The course seemed to be highly successful both in promoting student engagement generally and as an approach to teaching Platonic philosophy in particular. In this paper I describe the course in detail and offer an account of my experience teaching it, as well as some student perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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