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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Antje Wiener
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
24-206.12
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 20
Comments/contents:
This class discusses recent developments in International Relations (IR) theory based on diverse ways of knowing and distinct approaches to knowledge generation (Schnegg 2019, Haraway 1988). It will especially address critical approaches that engage with knowledge generation in a globalized world. The results include, for example, revised understandings of key IR concepts including the 'liberal order', 'community', 'access to participation' and/or governance. Selected case studies have developed knowledge generation and implementation in light of global crises including, for example, climate, health, or security.
Learning objectives:
To obtain an understanding of the concept of knowledge generation and use, students will work in teams of two and focus on a selection of two recently published single-authored books (including books from 2018 onwards) in order to prepare and present a critical review of the selected work. This review-based approach to teaching will enable students to obtain a sound understanding of the development of IR as the social science discipline which has been addressing political change, order, and justice beyond the boundaries of the nation-state. While textbooks have traditionally situated the discipline’s roots in the USA, today, the field has been expanded based on critical questions about practice, participation, and knowledge generation in the world of global international relations. The reviews are to be presented in class, providing the core argument and identifying the contribution to theory development in IR.
Didactic concept:
Disclaimer: Classes will be conducted in presence pending pandemic conditions (see Dienstanweisungen des Präsidenten).
This seminar consists of regular ‘in class’ seminar sessions together with opportunities for small student groups to engage in working sessions outside the classroom. These working sessions are to be used by the work groups in order to engage in discussion and joint exploration of the research materials. Over the duration of the semester, students will continue to work in small groups, in direct discussion with the professor, or in interactive in-class discussions which include lectures, student presentations, group work, critical discussion and round-table debates. The teaching and learning tools include work with PPTs, audio-video material, the IT and common library research.
Literature:
- Adler, Emmanuel (2019) World Ordering: A Social Theory of Cognitive Evolution, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Bueger, Christian, and Frank Gadinger (2018) International Practice Theory. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Chakrabarty, Dipesh (2008) The Climate of History: Four Theses, Critical Inquiry 35, 197-222
- Garnsey, Eliza (2020) The Justice of Visual Art: Creative State-Building in Times of Political Transition, Law in Context series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Hansen-Magnusson, Hannes (2019) International Relations as Politics Among People, London: Routledge.
- Hellmann, Gunther ed. (2018) Theorizing Global Order, Frankfurt/M.: Campus
- Inayatullah, Naeem ed. (2011) Autobiographical International Relations – I, IR, London: Routledge.
- Kratochwil, Friedrich (2018) Praxis: On Acting and Knowing, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Lawson, George (2019) Anatomies of Revolution, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Lechner, Silvya and Frost, Mervyn (2018) Practice Theory and International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Peterson, M. J. ed. (2019) Contesting Global Environmental Knowledge, Norms, and Governance, London: Routledge.
- Reus-Smit, Christian (2019) On Cultural Diversity, International Theory in a World of Difference, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Steele, Brent J. (2019) Restraint in International Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge.
- University Press. Stilz, Anna (2019) Territorial Sovereignty: A Philosophical Exploration, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Sylvester, Christine (2019) Curating and Re-curating the American Wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Tamir, Yael (2019) Why Nationalism, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Viola, Lora Anne (2020) The Closure of the International System: How Institutions Create Political Equalities and Hierarchies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wiener, Antje (2018) Contestation and Constitution of Norms in Global International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Zürn, Michael (2018) A Theory of Global Governance: Authority, Legitimacy, and Contestation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Additional examination information:
Leistungsanforderungen:
- FSB WiSe 14/15 (Masterzulassung ab 2014), Modul Internationale Politische Theorie (IPT1): Studienleistungen (siehe A) und ggf. Hausarbeit (siehe B)
- FSB WiSe 13/14 (Masterzulassung 2013), Profilmodul: Studienleistungen (siehe A) und Hausarbeit (siehe B)
- Wahlbereich: Studienleistungen (siehe A)
A) Studienleistungen (unbenotet):
As written assignment to pass this class (Studienleistung) students are expected to hand in a book review of 5 pages. The assignment may be co-authored, in that case, 2,5 pages (per additional author) must be added.
B) Modulteilprüfung FSB WiSe 13/14 und WiSe 14/15:
Prüfungsart:
As Prüfungsleistung (written assignment) students are expected to write a more extensive book review of 10 pages. The assignment may be co-authored, in that case, 5 pages (per additional author) must be added.Bewertungsschema: benotet (RPO)
Umfang: 5 Seiten
Abgabetermin: 26.02.2022
Abgabeort: By email to the Chair’s office
Ausgabeort der bewerteten Prüfungsleistung: By email to the Chair’s office.
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