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     2017 年度   国際社会学部
  
現代世界論入門ⅢB   
時間割コード
222007
担当教員(ローマ字表記)
  マニュエル・ヤン [Manuel YANG]
授業開講形態 授業形態 単位数 学期 曜日・時限 実務経験のある教員による授業
    2 秋学期 火5 -
授業題目(和文)   
 
Title(English)   
Introduction to Contemporary Global Problems
 
授業の目標   
 
Goals of the course   
To understand the present critically in light of historical and sociological imagination through discussion and writing.
 
授業の概要   
 
Overview of the course   
How do we best understand the world in which we live? Some historians have cautioned against studying contemporary history because we are its byproducts and we might judge it through the lens of presentism, which the OED defines as: “uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.” However, this is all the more reason why we need to find ways of critically historicizing the present; otherwise, the field of the present -- where we live, struggle, and die -- will be left in the hands of policymakers, social scientists, and other so-called experts who adhere uncritically to “present-day attitudes”.

In this course we will attempt to understand the post-9-11 contemporary world through the prism of war and capitalism, two closely interlinked phenomena that have overwhelmingly dominated the structure of our reality and feelings. In light of military and economic polices under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, how have global and domestic conditions changed and what do they presage for the future of the American empire, now under the regime of Donald Trump? We will study materials published and produced during this period, questioning the “modern values and concepts” that have defined the making of our history.
 
キーワード   
 
Keywords   
 
授業の計画   
 
Plan   
[The following schedule is provisional and it may change]
1 Introduction

2 War on Terror
9-11 and its historical significance

3 Rendition and Torture
Legalization of state terrorism

4 Soldiers of Empire
Who joins the military and what do they experience

5 War Propaganda
How the media and intellectuals justify war

6 Surveillance State
Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning's struggle against the panopticon

7 Drone War
Liberal imperialism and assassination as U.S. foreign policy

8 Military-Industrial Complex
Cold War and its legacy

9 Contemporary Capitalism
How we name and understand our system

10 Finance Capital and Debt
Why are we in debt and what does it mean for global capitalism

11 Violence in the Social Factory
Death from the workplace to the streets

12 Anthropocene and Climate Change
Ecological destruction and survival of the species

13 Movement of Movements
Making historical changes from below

14 Research Presentations
Students briefly present and discuss their research

15 Research Presentations
Students briefly present and discuss their research
 
成績評価の方法・基準   
 
Grading system for assessment   
Students are required each week to read/view the assigned materials, write summary/commentary on them, and participate in discussion. In addition, students will write a research proposal/bibliography/paper on a socially significant topic and give a brief presentation of their findings.

40% Research proposal/bibliography, paper, and presentation due at the end of the semester
60% Weekly writing assignment and class discussion
 
事前・事後学習【要する時間の目安】   
 
Preview/review   
Do the readings/assignments on time.
 
履修上の注意   
 
Notes   
Participate fully in class discussion.
 
教科書  
 
参考書  
 
使用言語  
英語(E)
 
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