| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Jaeger |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
FS251401 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2025 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Mi, 26.02.2025, 12:15 - 14:00 Uhr, HS 5 (Einführungsveranstaltung)
Fr, 02.05.2025, 09:15 - 16:45 Uhr, 4.B02
Sa, 03.05.2025, 09:15 - 15:45 Uhr, 3.B01
Fr, 09.05.2025, 09:15 - 16:45 Uhr, 3.B55
Sa, 10.05.2025, 09:15 - 15:45 Uhr, 3.B47 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Inhalt |
With the rise of China and authoritarian-populist politics in the West
and elsewhere, the notion of a crisis of liberal international order has become
commonplace. The discipline of International Relations typically makes sense of
this crisis with reference to established, largely realist and liberal
traditions of international thought and practice. However, the question of
international or global order, liberal or otherwise, has also been of at least
implicit concern in contemporary political thought, as attested by the recent
formation of a corresponding field of International or Global Political Theory.
The latter typically investigates issues such as war and violence, global
poverty and inequality, sovereignty and (global) democracy, or human rights and
humanitarian intervention from a normative perspective. While acknowledging the
importance of these issues, this course takes a more ontological than normative
approach to global political theory focused on questions around the nature of
international or global order itself. In inevitably selective fashion, we will
investigate four (internally heterogeneous) modes of contemporary political
thought (from the early 20th to the early 21st century)
with a view to how their proponents theorize the political and the
international or global (in very different ways) as anterior and/or contingent
conditions for contemporary world order (which as such frame any normative
application). The four selected modes of contemporary political thought range
from existentialist-phenomenological (Schmitt, Arendt) and liberal-cosmopolitan
(Habermas, Beck) to post-/decolonial (Fanon, Mignolo) and new
materialist/posthumanist approaches (Latour, Mitchell; Mbembe). Substantively,
these approaches address questions of international/global order in relation to
international law and constitutionalism, technology and risk, existential and
cultural difference, colonialism and violence, leadership and virtual reality,
democracy, climate change and postcolonial politics. While largely rooted
within Western perspectives, the challenge for the approaches to global
political theory discussed in this course is to provide orientation in an
increasingly post-Western world. |
| Lernziele |
By the end of this course, students should be able to
• identify and differentiate the theoretical premises of the selected approaches in contemporary political thought;
• describe central concepts and claims of the political thinkers and theories discussed in the course in relation to questions of world order;
• understand the significance of these concepts and claims in their respective historical contexts and discuss their relevance to contemporary world politics;
• comparatively and critically assess the contributions and limitations of different theories and approaches in contemporary global political theory.
Generally, assignments and class activities are also intended to hone students’ analytical, interpretative, and communication skills in speech and writing. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
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| Prüfung |
Class participation, class presentation, short review essay |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme (Essay) / 4 Credits
|
| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
hans-martin_jaeger@carleton.ca |
| Literatur |
See
course syllabus (OLAT) |