240507 VO Selected Topics in Social Theory (P2) (2022W)
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
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Language: English
Examination dates
Monday
30.01.2023
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
22.03.2023
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Tuesday
09.05.2023
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Monday
19.06.2023
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
Friday
04.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Monday
07.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
09.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Friday
11.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Monday
14.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
16.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Friday
18.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
At the end of the semester, there will be a written exam. No aids can be used during the exam.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive grade 51 % are required
90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5
90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5
Examination topics
Written examination including all course readings
Reading list
(Tentative, students may expect 2-3 articles per meeting)Bourgois, Philip. 2001. “The Power of Violence in War and Peace.” Ethnography 21 (1): 5–34.
Carbonnier, Gilles. 2015. Humanitarian Economics : War, Disaster and the Global Aid Market. London: Hurst & Company.
Farmer, Paul. 2004. “An Anthropology of Structural Violence.” Current Anthropology 45 (3): 305–25. https://doi.org/10.1086/382250.
Federici, Silvia. 2000. “War, Globalization, and Reproduction.” Peace & Change 25 (2): 153–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/0149-0508.00148.
Fraser, Nancy. 1995. “From Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a ‘Post-Socialist’ Age.” New Left Review.
Kaldor, Mary. 2013. “In Defence of New Wars.” Stability 2 (1): 1–16.
Lawrence, Bruce B., and Aisha Karim, eds. 2007. On Violence. A Reader. Duke University Press.
Lukes, Steven. 2005. Power: A Radical View. 2. [expanded] ed., 3. [print.]. Basingstoke [u.a.]: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lutz, Catherine. 2002. “Making War at Home in the United States: Militarization and the Current Crisis.” American Anthropologist 104 (3): 723–35.
Mayer, Margit. 2012. “The Right to the City in Urban Social Movements.” In Cities for People, Not for Profit : Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City, edited by Neil Brenner, Peter Marcuse, and Margit Mayer, 1. publ.. London [u.a.]: Routledge. https://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC08811066.
Nixon, Rob. 2011. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press,. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390165.
Nordstrom, Carolyn. 2000. “Shadows and Sovereigns.” Theory, Culture and Society 17 (4): 35–54.
Robben, Antonius, and Carolyn Nordstrom. 1995. “Introduction.” In Fieldwork Under Fire, edited by Antonius Robben and Carolyn Nordstrom, 1–25. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Carbonnier, Gilles. 2015. Humanitarian Economics : War, Disaster and the Global Aid Market. London: Hurst & Company.
Farmer, Paul. 2004. “An Anthropology of Structural Violence.” Current Anthropology 45 (3): 305–25. https://doi.org/10.1086/382250.
Federici, Silvia. 2000. “War, Globalization, and Reproduction.” Peace & Change 25 (2): 153–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/0149-0508.00148.
Fraser, Nancy. 1995. “From Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a ‘Post-Socialist’ Age.” New Left Review.
Kaldor, Mary. 2013. “In Defence of New Wars.” Stability 2 (1): 1–16.
Lawrence, Bruce B., and Aisha Karim, eds. 2007. On Violence. A Reader. Duke University Press.
Lukes, Steven. 2005. Power: A Radical View. 2. [expanded] ed., 3. [print.]. Basingstoke [u.a.]: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lutz, Catherine. 2002. “Making War at Home in the United States: Militarization and the Current Crisis.” American Anthropologist 104 (3): 723–35.
Mayer, Margit. 2012. “The Right to the City in Urban Social Movements.” In Cities for People, Not for Profit : Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City, edited by Neil Brenner, Peter Marcuse, and Margit Mayer, 1. publ.. London [u.a.]: Routledge. https://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC08811066.
Nixon, Rob. 2011. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press,. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390165.
Nordstrom, Carolyn. 2000. “Shadows and Sovereigns.” Theory, Culture and Society 17 (4): 35–54.
Robben, Antonius, and Carolyn Nordstrom. 1995. “Introduction.” In Fieldwork Under Fire, edited by Antonius Robben and Carolyn Nordstrom, 1–25. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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At the end of the semester, students will:
1) be fluent and theoretically knowledgeable in the key concepts and issues covered in this course.
2) develop a reflexive and critical approach to these concepts and be capable of creating relations between concepts and theories
3) have a better understanding of the investigative and creative parts of academic research by developing their critical reading and analysis skills