2025/2026
Глобальное неравенство в исторической перспективе
ID 1043267
Статус:
Маго-лего
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course gives an introduction to global history from the perspective of the economic anthropology of capitalism. Its aims are to explore key issues and approaches within this field of inquiry from the vantage point of a tension between political-economic (Marxist) and cultural (Weberian) perspectives in the historical and anthropological understanding of global inequalities. Topics of seminars include anthropological critique of the world systems theory, the war and free markets, subaltern modernity, Protestant and “ordinary”ethics, the political economy of state socialism, the social and economic condition of post-modernity, affective labor. This broad insight will be useful for both historians and students from other disciplines. The course is especially designed to give students deep insight into developments of the world between the 18th and 21st centuries.
Learning Objectives
- To explore key issues and approaches within this field of inquiry from the vantage point of a tension between political-economic (Marxist) and cultural (Weberian) perspectives in the historical and anthropological understanding of global inequalities.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Ability to see the problems and aspects of contemporary life in their interconnectedness (“holistically”)
- An understanding of how to apply broadly comparativism, anthropological analysis for studying any aspect of social and cultural life, discerning the advantages and disadvantages of ethnographic, systemic, comparativist approaches
- Skills of reflexive assessment of the scholar’s position in the field, as well as in social studies, among her colleagues; knowing how to adjust these relationships accordingly
- Familiarity with some of the general historical developments and topics in Western critical and social theory
- Skills of conference-style discussion
- Understanding the general importance of cultural and historical contexts, and the ability to identify which contexts are especially necessary to understand the local situation
Course Contents
- Lecture
- Explaining economic inequalities: Marxism
- Economic institutions
- Natural resources and technologies: commons and struggles of communities
- Class: Contesting class boundaries and identifications
- Industrialisation: Time, work-discipline and the rhythm of production
- Home-work: the boundaries between household, family and work
- Subalternity
- Protestant ethics
- Political economy VS culture
- Affect and affective labour
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.3 * Attendance and in-class participation + 0.3 * Response papers + 0.4 * Discussion leading
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Douglass C. North. (1991). Institutions. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F9F5C9D3
- Levine, R., Acker, J., Baca-Zinn, M., Collins, P. H., Cox, O., Davis, K., … Wright, E. O. (2006). Social Class and Stratification : Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates (Vol. 2nd ed). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=634844
- Marx, K., & Engels, F. (2001). Capital : A Critique of Political Economy. Electric Book Co.
- Milanović, B. V. (DE-588)129847402, (DE-627)481953531, (DE-576)162238487, aut. (2016). Global inequality a new approach for the age of globalization Branko Milanovic.
- Streeck, W. (2012). How to Study Contemporary Capitalism? Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.858847CD
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Institutions, institutional change and economic performance, North, D. C., 1990
- Milanovic, B. (2014). Global Inequality of Opportunity : How Much of Our Income Is Determined By Where We Live?
- Ostrom, E. (2015). Governing the Commons : The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1077401
- Streeck, W., & Thelen, K. (2012). Introduction: institutional change in advanced political economies. Germany, Europe: Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.4A5C70D1