Spring 2021  |  GLOS 3145 Section 001: Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism (48770)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
soph or jr or sr
Meets With:
GLOS 3145H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (84 of 170 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course provides an introductory overview of core theories and concepts that prepare students for successful completion of the Global Studies curriculum. In this half of the Global Studies core course sequence, students will investigate questions pertaining to the emergence of global modernity, capitalism, and the nation-state, with particular focus on theoretical concepts and institutional forms. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources including critical theory, philosophy, and texts from the social sciences, these questions may include: How did reason and culture emerge as key concepts in modernity, and how were they associated with transformations in time and space? How did the nation-state become a dominant political unit in the West, and how do postcolonial African states challenge its structure? What is the relationship between the Western liberal tradition, secularity, and violence? What are the histories and internal dynamics of the capitalist economy? Students will meet twice a week for lecture and attend a weekly recitation section, with assignments that include short writing exercises, a group project, and midterm and final examinations. This course will contextualize and trouble aspects of the global that are easily abstracted and taken for granted, while giving students the conceptual vocabulary and critical skills to prepare for subsequent Global Studies courses. Prereq: soph, jr, or sr Units: 3.00
Class Description:
In what sense has our world suddenly become "global"? What was our world before it became "global"? What theories of the world do we explicitly and/or implicitly invoke when we deploy the words "global" and "globalization"? What are the theoretical and conceptual presuppositions that make it possible for us to think in these terms? In this class, we interrogate the words "global" and "globalization" as the latest organizing elements of the varied, still-unfolding processes of modernity. For our purposes, "global studies" is ultimately about understanding the ways in which the living and non-living elements of the world are mapped, partitioned, measured, labeled, categorized, territorialized, and conceptualized at various moments in time. This is a course in learning how to think theoretically, hence the title: "Theoretical Approaches to Global Studies." Why should you feel compelled to take the course? Because, at the end of the day, the course will help you better understand our contemporary human condition, and how you might work to improve it. What sorts of global ethics should we aspire towards? How should we exercise citizenship in a globalizing world? GloS 3101 is required for Global Studies majors and open to all other interested undergraduates who have fulfilled course prerequisites. The course format is lectures complemented by weekly recitation sections. The course is likely to be web-enhanced (URL presently not available).
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: In-class quizzes may be added to syllabus
Exam Format:
Multiple choice and/or keyword definitions, and short essays
Class Format:
67% Lecture
33% Discussion
Workload:
60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
8-9 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 1 Group Report
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48770/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
18 November 2015

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