Universität Wien

210056 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development (2011W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 21.10. 09:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Friday 18.11. 09:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Friday 09.12. 09:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

We discuss important theories of political economy from the beginning of capitalism until recently. Developing a critical understanding of texts relevant to political theory and its history (classics, marxism, keynesianism, neoliberalism, regulation theory, feminist economics and others).

Assessment and permitted materials

-working individually and in groups

-writing assignments

-discussions

-written essay

-participating in class

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Introductory understanding about political economy and its main controversies

Examination topics

Reading original literature, working with it in group discussions and presentations

Reading list

Literatur/Reading

NB. Students can use the English, German or Italian critical editions of the Prison Notebooks. The English edition currently contains only notebooks 1-8; in the case of texts from other notebooks, the German or Italian editions should be consulted. Further edition and philological information will be distributed prior to the course.

Primary Reading

A. Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, translated and edited by Joseph A. Buttigieg, 3 Volumes,
New York: Columbia University, 1992ff. / Gefängnishefte. Herausgegeben von Klaus Bochmann und Wolfgang Fritz Haug, 10 Bände. Argument-Verlag, Hamburg 1991ff. / Quaderni del carcere, a cura di Valentino Gerratana, Turin: Einaudi, 1975.

A. Gramsci, Letters from Prison, 2 vols, New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. / Gefängnisbriefe, Argument-Verlag: Hamburg, 1994ff. / A. Gramsci, Lettere dal carcere, Torino: Einaudi, 1965.

Secondary Reading

Santucci, Antonio A.: Antonio Gramsci, New York: Monthly Review, 2010.

G. Fiori, Antonio Gramsci: Life of a Revolutionary, London: New Left Books, 1970. /Vita di Antonio Gramsci, Bari: Laterza, 1966

C. Buci-Glucksmann, Gramsci and the State, London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1980. / Gramsci und der Staat. Für eine materialistische Theorie der Philosophie, Köln: Pahl-Rugenstein, 1981. / Gramsci et l'tat: Pour Une Théorie Materialiste de la Philosophie, Paris: Fayard, 1975.

P. Thomas, The Gramscian Moment: Philosophy, Hegemony and Marxism, Leiden: Brill, 2009 / Chicago: Haymarket, 2011.

F. Frosini and G. Ligori (eds), Le parole di Gramsci: Per un lessico dei Quaderni del carcere, Roma: Carocci, 2004.

Selected entries from Das historisch-kritische Wörterbuch des Marxismus (Argument-Verlag) and Dizionario gramsciano (Carocci)


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