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Eduardo Frajman

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Publications: 2017 “Autonomía Local y Democracia: Los Partidos Cantonales en Costa Rica en el 2016,” Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 43; 2014 “Broadcasting Populist Leadership: The Case of Hugo Chávez and Aló Presidente,” Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 501–526; 2014 “The General Election in Costa Rica, February/April 2014,” Electoral Studies, Vol. 35, pp. 61–66; 2012 “The People, Not the Movement: Opposition to CAFTA in Costa Rica, 2002-2007,” Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 116–132. Essays: 2023 “Thierno Diallo’s Voyage,” the other side of hope, 3:1, Autumn, pp. 70–78; 2023 “’Why Is Her Face Doing That?’: The Personhood of Robot Nanny,” Sci Phi Journal, Summer (no. 2), pp. 11–15; 2022 “The Trees of Evanston, IL,” Great Lakes Review; 2021 “An Abyss Between Them: Borges and Sábato on the Soul of Literature,” The Decadent Review; 2020 “Strange Fire, or, The Terror of Moses,” Scarlet Leaf Review; 2016 “Woody is the Toy Uncle Tom and Other Lessons from a Lifetime of Children’s Movies,” Electric Literature; 2016 “An Autumn Stroll through Vigeland Park,” Tincture Journal, Issue 16, pp. 77–101. Short stories: 2024 “Swiftest,” Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 143–152; 2023 “Beddy-Bye Routine,” Grandfalloon, Fall/Winter; 2022 “Beat the Devil with a Pool Cue,” Somos en Escrito; 2020 “Un Breve Reposo en Valhala,” El Ojo de Uk; 2016 “Definición al Arco,” La Idea Fija, No. 16; 2016 “Skinchanger,” Cosmic Roots and Eldrich Shores

Personal Statement

Eduardo Frajman (he/him) grew up in San José, Costa Rica. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and holds a PhD in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He has taught courses in political science, philosophy, and interdisciplinary humanities for over twenty years. Besides SAIC, he currently teaches at Oakton College, the College of Lake County, and the Illinois Humanities program Proyecto Odisea.

He is the author of over two hundred publications, including peer-reviewed research, essays, reviews, and short stories. His work has appeared in, among others, The Point, Electric Literature, Aethlon, Great Lakes Review, and many others.

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Description

This course offers students an introduction to the field of political theory through a wide-ranging engagement with a diverse cross-section of political thought from across the planet. As such, we will engage political thought and thinkers not only from the ¿Western¿ canon but also the thought and writings of minoritized thinkers and groups¿including Indigenous, Black, and feminist thinkers, as well as political thought beyond ¿the West.¿ In so doing, we will consider how various thinkers have thought through problems and questions of political community and belonging, freedom and domination, modernity and tradition, and have sought to (re)imagine their own conditions and possibilities.

Class Number

2048

Credits

3