BLST 117. Archipelagic Thought: Edouard Glissant

For Martinican poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant, thinking archipelagically invites us to consider productive ways of reorganizing the world that eschews hierarchical structures and systems. Multiplicity/hybridity, creolization, and ambiguity allow for a rhizomatic philosophy that proffers the “insurrection of the imaginary.” In this course we will examine an edited corpus of Glissant’s works including Poetics of Relation, Caribbean Discourse, The Fourth Century, Mahogany, along with his poetry, essays, and novels in relation with his archipelagic thought. The course will be taught in English.
Spring 2025. Smith.
Catalog chapter: Black Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/black-studies-program

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