| Modulname |
Biopower: Feeding, Breeding and Bleeding for World Domination 1870-1950 (UNIC: University of Rotterdam) |
| Gebiet |
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| Profil |
Profil International
Profil Freie Studien
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| CPs |
5 CP |
| Campus |
Hier geht
es zum Vorlesungsverzeichnis |
| Voraussetzungen |
The module is held in English, so sufficient language skills are required. |
| Besonderheiten |
TN-Plätze: 10/40
Termin der ersten Sitzung:
To be announced in due time.
Anmeldung: Register via sabai.doodkorte@eur.nl till 12.12.2022.
After successful registration, please send an email with registration confirmation to ecampus-optionalbereich@rub.de. This is necessary so that registration in Campus can take place after successful completion of the module.
Prüfungstermin: To be announced in due time.
Zusammensetzung der Endnote: Written assignment and examination: Open book exam: 65 %, Weekly Assignments: 35 % |
| Blockseminar |
Nein |
| Vorkenntnisse |
The module is held in English, so sufficient language skills are required. |
| Veranstaltungszeit |
siehe eCampus. |
| Dozenten |
siehe Campus |
| Arbeitsaufwand |
Self study, group work, reading of literature, participation |
| Literatur |
The literature will be published soon. For the introduction is recommended:
H. Dreyfus and P. Rabinow: Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics (1983).
M. Foucault: La Volonté de savoir (1976), translated as The History of Sexuality: An Introduction (1978).
M. Hardt and A. Negri: Empire (2000). |
| Modulteil |
siehe Campus |
| Modultyp |
Profil Freie Studien, Profil International |
| Modulanbieter |
University of Rotterdam |
| Inhalt |
Teil 1 und 2: Biopower: Feeding, Breeding und Bleeding for World Domination 1870-1950, Seminar, WiSe 2022/23, From the second week of April to Mid June. The timetables will be published on 18 July. Please see the course guide for the timetable: https://eur.osiris-student.nl/#/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?taal=en&cursuscode=CH2223&collegejaar=
huidi)
During the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century the way societies viewed themselves changed. With the rise of nationalism came a remarkably biological view of human groups, that was inspired by half-understood advances made in biology at roughly the same time. The desire to catogorise people in a small number of races, and to delineate belonging to a nation or state in terms of heredity, led to tremendous changes. It contributed greatly to some of the most gruesome acts of violence and genocide the world has ever seen. But it also inspired innovations in food policy, maternal healthcare and the rise of the welfare state.
Inhaltliche Beschreibung Teil 1 und 2: In this course, we will unpick the ways in which „biopower“ (the term was invented by Michel Fouault) created much of the modern world, as well as many aspects of our current societies. |
| Lernziele |
This course aims to introduce students to era(s) of high imperialism and total war through the spectre of biologically-inspired ideology and policy. In each lecture, we will discuss an aspect of biopower at work. As we do so, students will be trained in reading academic papers, improve their writing and be forced to think about methodology a great deal. |
