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Type of Course	Seminar	Number	3201
Hours per week in term	2	Term	SoSe 2015
Department	Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik	Language	englisch
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application period	01.04.2015 - 20.05.2015 enrollment

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		Day	Time	Frequency	Duration	Room	Lecturer	Canceled/rescheduled on	Max. participants
	Seminar	Do	14:00 to 16:00	wöchentlich	16.04.2015 to 23.07.2015	1.19.1.16	Prof. Dr. Wiemann		30

Description	This seminar is aimed to enable students to investigate the notion of multiple modernities in three distinct steps: a) an analysis of dominant theories of modernity and modernization as a Western formation b) an assessment of various postcolonial and decolonial projects that claim the coexistence of plural modernities and c) a discussion of some of the more influential critiques of the model of multiple modernities. Readings will comprise texts by Anthony Giddens, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Fredric Jameson. Literature: Reading material will be made available on moodle at the beginning of the term. Creditation & grading: 3 CPs for regular and active participation, a session chair and a brief seminar paper.

Description

This seminar is aimed to enable students to investigate the notion of multiple modernities in three distinct steps: a) an analysis of dominant theories of modernity and modernization as a Western formation b) an assessment of various postcolonial and decolonial projects that claim the coexistence of plural modernities and c) a discussion of some of the more influential critiques of the model of multiple modernities. Readings will comprise texts by Anthony Giddens, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Fredric Jameson.

Literature:
Reading material will be made available on moodle at the beginning of the term.

Creditation & grading:
3 CPs for regular and active participation, a session chair and a brief seminar paper.

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