| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Jaeger |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
FS261595 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2026 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Mi, 25.02.2026, 12:00 - 14:00 Uhr, Intern, HS8
Fr, 01.05.2026, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B01
Sa, 02.05.2026, 09:15 - 15:30 Uhr, 3.B01
Fr, 08.05.2026, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, Inseliquai 10 INE 214
Sa, 09.05.2026, 09:15 - 15:30 Uhr, 3.B55 |
| Weitere Daten |
Einführungsveranstaltung findet statt am Mittwoch, 25.02.2026 von 12:00 - 14:00 Uhr im HS 8 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Inhalt |
"Humanity does not progress from combat to combat until it arrives at universal reciprocity, where the rule of law finally replaces warfare; humanity installs each of its violences in a system of rules and thus proceeds from domination to domination." (Foucault 1977)
Global governance emerged as an academic and policy discourse in the 1990s to apprehend and advance what appeared to be new mechanisms of collective rule-making and regulation in security, economic, ecological, development, human rights and other issues transcending the authority of sovereign states in an era of globalization. More recently, both the possibility and the desirability of global governance have come into question due to the ostensible return of geopolitics and backlash against globalization. While both advocates and critics of global governance have looked to the history of international relations in support of their positions, the premise of this course is that both endorsements and critiques of global governance can benefit from critical historical investigations going beyond assumptions of the teleological fulfillment of hopes for peaceful international cooperation, or of structural determination by the putatively perpetual verities of power politics or capital accumulation. To this end, the course will engage with critical histories (“genealogies”) of global governance centered on questions of Eurocentric world order and civilizational difference, implications of liberalism (and neoliberalism) with colonialism and empire, academic knowledge and racial imaginaries, and anti-colonialism and/as postcolonial cosmopolitanism among others. Based on an initial clarification of the critical orientation of a genealogical approach as well as a consideration of standard historical accounts of global governance, we will discuss selected examples of genealogical scholarship on global governance (broadly understood in terms of analytical intent and thematic scope, rather than necessarily phrased in these terms) at the intersection of intellectual history, international relations, and political theory.
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| Lernziele |
By the end of this course, students should be able to
• differentiate genealogical from analytical or evolutionary approaches to studying global governance and its history;
• identify and describe central aspects and implications of genealogy as a methodological and ethico-political approach in political science and political theory;
• critically engage with genealogical perspectives on different phases, geographical sites, and intellectual contexts in selected historical accounts of European empires;
• trace such phases, sites, and intellectual contexts as lineages of global governance and discuss their relevance to contemporary world politics.
Generally, assignments and class activities are also intended to hone students’ analytical, interpretative, and communication skills in speech and writing.
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| Voraussetzungen |
Seminar ist für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende offen und kann als Hauptseminar angerechnet werden. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
***Wichtig*** Um Credits zu erwerben ist die Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung über das UniPortal zwingend erforderlich. Die Anmeldung ist ab zwei Wochen vor bis zwei Wochen nach Beginn des Semesters möglich. An- und Abmeldungen sind nach diesem Zeitraum nicht mehr möglich. Die genauen Anmeldedaten finden Sie hier: http://www.unilu.ch/ksf/semesterdaten |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Presentation, Essay, Active participation (attendance at the seminar, weekly short written comments, active participation in the sessions)
4 Credits |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme (Essay) / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
Keywords: Global governance, historical international relations, genealogy |
| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
hans-martin_jaeger@carleton.ca |
| Material |
Pflichtlektüre und Seminarmaterialien zugänglich auf Online-Plattform OLAT |
| Literatur |
(Selection, complete list with assigned pages/chapters in course syllabus on OLAT)
- Ikenberry, G. John (2014) “The Quest for Global Governance,” Current History 113(756): 16-18.
- Saar, Martin (2008) “Understanding Genealogy: History, Power, and the Self,” Journal of the Philosophy of History 2: 295-314.
- Walters, William (2012) Governmentality: Critical Encounters. London: Routledge.
- Bell, Duncan (2016) Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Vitalis, Robert (2015) White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Slobodian, Quinn (2018) Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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