Universität Wien

070190 VO Authoritarianism in Modern European History (2024S)

Sir-Peter-Ustinov Visting Professorship - Lecture

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 09.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 16.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 23.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 11.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is inspired by current events, including the rise of alt-right, populist, and authoritarian parties and governments across the globe. We begin by introducing the concept of authoritarianism: how it differs from democracy and how authoritarian regimes differ from each other. We then investigate the tools authoritarian rulers employ to maintain power, including institutions, policies, and tactics. Our aim is to understand how authoritarian regimes have appealed to voters and citizens in different places and contexts, and, crucially, how leaders have harnessed popular sentiments to their own end.
The lectures will be given in English, questions and discussions can be in English or German. Student participation in encouraged.

Main topics

Theories of Authoritarianism
Comparison of Authoritarian Regimes: Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia
State Repression and Political Order
Political Censorship
Illiberal Democracies
Authoritarian Liberalism
Surveillance Capitalism
Autocratic Legalism

Assessment and permitted materials

see above

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment:
Written test in final lecture slot of course on contents of lectures and relevant readings

Examination topics

see above

Reading list

Reading List

Introductory Reading (a week by week reading list will be provided the first day of class)
Lisa Pine, Dictatorship and Daily Life in 20th Century Europe (London: Bloomsbury, 2023)
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman, Spin Dictators (Princeton University Press, 2023)
Steven Levisky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die (New York: Broadway Books, 2018)
Moises Naim, The Revenge of Power (New York, St Martin’s Press, 2022)

Association in the course directory

EAR: Zeitgeschichte.
BA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Aspekte und Räume - Geschichte in Längsschnitten, VO Weitere Zugänge zur Geschichte (5 ECTS) / ZWM Weitere EAR 1 oder 2, VO Weitere Zugänge zur Geschichte (5 ECTS).
BEd UF GP (Version 2014): UF GP 10 Wahlbereich für Studierende des Lehramts, 5 ECTS.
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, Lehrveranstaltungen und/oder Praktika (5 ECTS).
MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies (Version 2019): PM3/3 Vertiefungen 3, VO Vorlesung (5 ECTS).
MA ID Osteuropastudien (Version 2019): PM4 Disziplinäre Ergänzung, individuelle Vertiefung, VO Vorlesung (5 ECTS).
IDMA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, Lehrveranstaltungen und/oder Praktika (5 ECTS, Bereich Zeitgeschichte).
EC Geschichte (Version 2021): APM M1b Aspekte und Räume, VO Weitere Zugänge zur Geschichte (5 ECTS).

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