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Lehrende: Dr. Dan Corjescu
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Sociology, Politics & Economics
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
Weltges. & Int.
Semesterwochenstunden:
3
Credits:
6,0
Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.
Standort:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
10 | 35
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte:
Global Society and Integration
(Ancient Roots, Contemporary Controversy, Uncertain Futures)
What does it mean when we say we live in a "global community"? We will investigate the origins, contemporary nature, and possible futures of this much discussed phenomenon. We will examine theories of globalization across a broad spectrum of disciplines: history, philosophy, politics, society, culture, and economics. We will pay close attention to the crucial question of whether or not and in what ways the process has either helped or hindered the vast majority of people on this planet. Questions concerning the environment, nation and state, capitalism, democracy, and gender will also be discussed.
To set the stage of our inquiry, everyone will be required to read a "Very Short Introduction to Globalism" and Anthony Giddens’ “Runaway World” as well as to begin readings (which will continue throughout the course) in Ritzer's “Globalization: A Basic Text”. Parallel to this, Bauman's "Liquid Modernity" will also be required.
After these intellectual preliminaries, we will delve into an interesting discussion of globalists "avant la lettre" when we take a look at some carefully selected works chosen from Kant, Hegel, Marx and Weber. In addition to this, we will round out our investigation by saying more than a few words about Kojeve’s/Fukuyama's interpretation of Hegelian thought as it pertains to a certain kind of theorized global process.
Our first challenge after this will be to tackle the immensely important and controversial Huntington work “Clash of Civilizations”.
Next, we'll turn our attention to some of the specific origins of present day globalism in Stearn's "Globalization in World History".
Following this we will read a classic defense of Globalization in “Why Globalization Works”.
After this we will focus on a famous critique of “The Washington Consensus” in Dani Rodrik’s “The Globalization Paradox”. Students will be especially encouraged to investigate and compare the claims in this penetrating work with the previous one.
Thorny and provocative political questions come to the fore, with Beck's "Power in the Global Age". We will discuss this book with particular reference to all our other previous readings.
Finally, to round out this course we will read and discuss fresh new perspectives on ecology, political theory, and the global community in “Climate Leviathan” as well as debate Steven Pinker’s optimistic premises in “Enlightenment Now!”. By this time, students should have finished the required readings as mentioned earlier.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen:
This course will be run as a seminar. Readings and active participation are crucial and will be graded. An end of the semester term paper (12 to 15 pages) will be required on any topic relating to globalization to be chosen in consultation with myself.
Literatur:
?!!!THE FOLLOWING BOOKS/ARTICLE ARE REQUIRED SUMMER READING (THEY MUST BE READ BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. AND REMEMBER::READ CRITICALLY)!!!::
- Bauman, Zygmunt. 2000. Liquid modernity. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
- Giddens, Anthony. 2003. Runaway world. New York: Routledge.
- Steger, Manfred B. 2017. Globalization: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Make sure you buy the 4th edition!)
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/
OTHER MANDATORY TEXTS REQUIRED DURING THE SEMESTER::
- Beck, Ulrich. Power in the global age. Translated by Kathleen Cross. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005.
- Fukuyama, Francis. 2006. The end of history and the last man. New York: Free Press.
- Huntington, Samuel P. 2016. The clash of civilizations. India: Penguin Books.
- Kant, Immanuel. Political writings. Translated by H. S. Reiss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Mann, Geoff, and Joel Wainwright. Climate leviathan. London: Verso, 2018.
- Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei/Manifesto of the Communist Party. UK: Jiahu Books. (Make sure you get the bilingual version on Amazon!)
- Pinker, Steven. 2018. Enlightenment Now. Penguin Books.
- Ritzer, George, and Paul Dean. Globalization: a basic text. 2nd ed. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
- Rodrik, Dani. 2012. The globalization paradox. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Stearns, Peter N. Globalization in world history. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2017.
- Weber, Max. The vocation lectures. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. Indianopolis, Indiana: Hackett Publishing Company, 2004.
- Wendt, Alexander (2003): Why a World State is Inevitable, European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 491-542. *Article to be distributed in class*
- Wolf, Martin. 2004. Why globalization works. Yale University Press.
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