Spring 2026
Transcultural Philosophy and Postcolonial Criticism
Dates: February 24, 2026 - June 09, 2026Day/Time: Tuesday 2:10 AM - 5:00 AM EDT
Level: 400-Level
Certificate: Global Humanities
Instructor: Héctor González Castaño, National Sun Yat-sen University
This course introduces the philosophical investigation of how ideas migrate across cultural boundaries and how colonial legacies shape contemporary thought. By engaging critically with foundational concepts—comparability, culture and identity, non‑Western philosophical traditions, modernity, Orientalism, Occidentalism, and philosophical nationalism—students examine the limits of both Eurocentric and anti‑Eurocentric frameworks and the ways nationalist appropriations reshape today’s philosophical discourse. The course stresses a rigorous transcultural methodology for analyzing the politics of translation and the construction of philosophical nationalism, while inviting reflection on the conditions for a cosmopolitan vision of a shared world. Through seminars, guest lectures, and transdisciplinary dialogue, students acquire analytical tools to interrogate cultural identity, postcolonial dynamics, and systemic prejudice.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS