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190054 SE Education, Socialisation and Society (2025S)
Political Myth and Memory in the History of Education
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 25 participants
Language: English
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Thursday 06.03. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Thursday 13.03. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Saturday 15.03. 12:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Thursday 20.03. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Saturday 22.03. 12:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Thursday 27.03. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Saturday 29.03. 12:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Mandatory, well-prepared oral presentation of a text to discuss with the seminar.
- Prepared questions to each seminar.
- End-of-Semester: a written essay (2000-2500 words) reflecting the knowledge and questions related to the course topic.
- Prepared questions to each seminar.
- End-of-Semester: a written essay (2000-2500 words) reflecting the knowledge and questions related to the course topic.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Active participation in the seminar.
Sufficient knowledge of English to read and understand some English texts and to follow the English-speaking course instructor.
Sufficient knowledge of English to read and understand some English texts and to follow the English-speaking course instructor.
Examination topics
Reading list
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WM-M13
Last modified: Fr 10.01.2025 00:02
With the Italian Philosopher Chiara Bottici, 'political myths are narratives through which we orient ourselves, and act and feel about our political world' (Bottici 2007). As provider of meaning, myth is a process in which ideas of identity, nation, subjectivity and knowledge is in constant renegotiation between memory and oblivion.
While the 19th and 20th centuries Mythosforschung made a clear distinction between myth and science as irrationality versus reason, this course draws on contemporary theories in which the notion of political myth is mobilised in critical engagement with how the past and the future appear in the present, particularly with the role of education as a constituent element of society and capital.