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210101 SE M4: Crisis of Globalization: The "West" and China (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Language: German
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Thursday 13.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 03.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 10.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 05.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Thursday 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
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Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
15 % oral contributions to the discussion,
5 % written questions on the basic literature (2 questions on each text),
5 % written formulation of the question of the SE paper (350 characters plus 3 references),
15 % presentation of the seminar paper (8-10 minutes) (incl. PPT),
60 % written seminar paper (20,000 characters incl. spaces/person - groups of two).
5 % written questions on the basic literature (2 questions on each text),
5 % written formulation of the question of the SE paper (350 characters plus 3 references),
15 % presentation of the seminar paper (8-10 minutes) (incl. PPT),
60 % written seminar paper (20,000 characters incl. spaces/person - groups of two).
Examination topics
Reading list
Auswahl
Hall, Stuart (1992): The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power, in: Hall, Stuart/Gieben, Bram (Hg.): Formations of Modernity, Cambridge, 185-227.
Klein, Thoralf (2017): Die „gelbe Gefahr“, in: Europäische Geschichte Online (EGO), hg. vom Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG), Mainz, http://www.ieg-ego.eu/kleint-2015-de.
Mahbubani, Kishore (2020): Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, New York.
Aiyar, Shekhar/Ilyina, Anna et al. (2023): Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism. Staff Discussion Note SDN/2023/001, International Monetary Fund, Washington.
Hall, Stuart (1992): The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power, in: Hall, Stuart/Gieben, Bram (Hg.): Formations of Modernity, Cambridge, 185-227.
Klein, Thoralf (2017): Die „gelbe Gefahr“, in: Europäische Geschichte Online (EGO), hg. vom Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG), Mainz, http://www.ieg-ego.eu/kleint-2015-de.
Mahbubani, Kishore (2020): Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, New York.
Aiyar, Shekhar/Ilyina, Anna et al. (2023): Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism. Staff Discussion Note SDN/2023/001, International Monetary Fund, Washington.
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Last modified: Fr 10.01.2025 00:02
On the one hand, students should acquire basic knowledge of post-colonial theories, Chinese (colonial) history and thus the Chinese and Western self-image as well as Western-Chinese relations. On the other hand, students should deepen their understanding of current changes in the geopolitical and geo-economic order and the struggle for global hegemony and develop a self-critical view of processes of othering and the construction of enemy images.Contents
With China's economic rise, the global supremacy of “the West” is waning and the world (economic) order shaped by US hegemony is increasingly being called into question. Since 2016, the USA has been using anti-Chinese trade barriers in an attempt to protect its economy, which is no longer competitive in many areas. In the wake of the US, the European Union has also increasingly revised its stance on China, which was based on economic cooperation until 2023. While free trade is increasingly giving way to protectionism and globalization to economic fragmentation, a new political bloc (BRICS) directed against Western hegemony is emerging. The bloc constellation, often characterized as a new Cold War, threatens to escalate into an armed conflict between the USA and China. At the same time, reviving the rhetoric of the “red” or “yellow peril”, which has been established since the colonial era and especially after the “loss of China” (1949), “the West” has been stirring up sentiment against China for years.
Based on post-colonial theories, the seminar will focus on the following topics: political conflicts between “the West” and China (US hegemony vs. multipolarity), the economic development of Western-Chinese relations (fragmentation vs. globalization) and the construction of China in Western media (othering and the production of enemy images).Teaching methods
Oral: text discussion, working groups, presentations. Written: questions on the basic literature, development of the research question for the seminar paper, seminar paper.