https://eliportella.com/work daily 1.0 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1632496368524-QJD9FVGZ226NBBC3JGZK/ivan-cervantes-QwGtlGgQ02w-unsplash.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1755441644555-8JIS11FLZ3839DRK1SI1/unsplash-image-MOkFGF-saok.jpg Work - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS This course focuses on the intersection of ethics and politics in the era of the climate crisis. In addition to examining classic debates in environmental ethics, students explore the boundary between individual ethics and collective/structural social responsibility. Students are invited to investigate to do so through applied questions surrounding resource scarcity, ethical consumption, reproductive ethics, and migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1632499547571-AUZTHQO7U0XFYE8JY370/engin-akyurt-KUeJcc4YUug-unsplash.jpg Work - HISTORY OF IDEAS . The course consists of primary texts in the history of European philosophy from Descartes to Kant and Hegel to Critical Theory. It narrativizes the history of philosophy along two indices: idealism versus materialism and, pertaining to the task of philosophy, critique versus contemplation. It aims to introduce students to fundamental methodological questions in the history of philosophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/27561657-a989-47ed-84e9-04e5ebb6e01b/unsplash-image-7ezVb0oTQ6M.jpg Work - social & political philosophy This course is a focused introduction to the history of political philosophy which centers around the question of reason in politics. Spanning the liberal contract tradition to historical materialism to contemporary debates around the politics of climate change, it traces the role of reason and rationality in these distinct strains of political philosophy. The course also includes an exploration of how these strains have contended with the problems of unreason and irrationality as challenges to political agency and participation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1755443279548-CYV99CQTUSKFVROPX4ZZ/unsplash-image-8qpXHC4XtcU.jpg Work - iNDEPENDENT AND SMALL GROUP STUDIES Frankfurt School Critical Theory A focused study on the central texts and figures of the first generation of the Frankfurt School, focused on the methodological and thematic contributions distinct to that strain of critical theory. Liberation Theology A focused study on the central figures and texts of Latin American liberation theology, in particular focusing on the relation between religious institutions and Latin American decolonization. Middle Eastern / North African (MENA) Decolonization A focused study on select figures and texts relating to the history of colonization and decolonization in the MENA region, with particular focus on the contrast between religious and secular national liberation movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1728416872953-BL5T50JSA1US9O0DPD5F/unsplash-image-l68Z6eF2peA.jpg Work - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW This course focuses on the social and political dimensions of the practice of international law in a globalized world, a world fraught by inequality. Focusing on relations between former colonial powers and postcolonial states, the course explores these themes through three approaches to international legal theory: the liberal, Marxist (esp. dependency theory), and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1728417410596-7NE0QM3F4A6TGMDNR9JP/unsplash-image-exlQ3eLiKm8.jpg Work - PHILOSOPHIES OF LIBERATION This course focuses on both classic and contemporary debates about freedom and liberation. The course traverses early modern political philosophy (esp. social contract theory), the basis of justice claims opposing slavery, exploitation, and alienation, and finally contemporary theories of oppression (including feminist interventions). Students explore distinct conceptions of liberty and a range of approaches to human liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1678203098058-XVUQ6VQAZMIC3L2LUV2D/unsplash-image-pe8TXM7j_q8.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1678202673473-88K1OGJ7LQ20CX0ZPOI7/unsplash-image-KiMpFTtuuAk.jpg Work - PHILOSOPHY OF DECOLONIZATION This upper division course examines central texts in the anticolonial tradition of the 20th century across Latin American, the Caribbean, and the African continent. Students explore the philosophical foundations of claims to and discourse around decolonization in relation to strategies of colonialism, neocolonialism, the international division of labor, and a globally integrated capitalism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1728416477416-1YBSNZFITWVE93XYH0VR/unsplash-image-1bTDrEEhqig.jpg Work - Advanced debates in feminist theory This upper division course examines debates within feminist political theory, examined through the ‘big three’ approaches: liberal, Marxist, and radical feminism(s). Students critically examine feminist appraisals of classic debates in political theory as well as explore distinct methods and strategies of gender liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f317f4fcbf5eb0e8f180f20/1755441771973-XDPGZ6AWTDFKS4HMFL7Z/unsplash-image-lPlrlBNbY-I.jpg Work - BIOETHICS & SOCIETY This upper division course focuses on the relation between classic questions in contemporary bioethics (e.g., consent, access, autonomy) and central debates in the history of political philosophy (e.g., individual rights, state theory), exploring the boundary between ethics and politics in relation to medicine. We also explore questions about medical misinformation, scientific literacy, and confidence in healthcare. 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