Questions of globalization touch upon crucial questions about the sustainability of our society, in a broad sense of the word, which is also documented in the frequent public discourse on this topic. From an academic point of view globalization processes show the emergence of a society. The emergence of a society is especially interesting from the point of view of social structure analysis since it is usually assumed that social structures evolved over periods of several centuries and meanwhile have become part of the traditional self-conception of nations. Analysing processes of the emergence of a world society in contrast shows that these processes of structural evolution are conflictual and frail and do not lead necessarily to a predefined end. The leading question of this seminar is: What are the emerging structures of world society and are they stable in the long run? In the first part of the seminar we will look at differences between societies and how they are reproduced. In the second part of the seminar we will analyse mechanisms of convergence between societies and ask how unstable these processes are. In the third part the seminar concentrates on the emergence of distinct structures of world society in several empirical fields.
Reading and attendance: The format of the seminar expects every participant to have read all the basic texts that are listed in the following schedule. Furthermore participants are expected to attend the seminar regularly and to actively contribute to the discussions in the seminar and in the virtual seminar room (studIP). The seminar is recommended in the fifth semester of the BA programme.
Admission settings
The course is part of admission "Anmeldung gesperrt: Gruppe 145".
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