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070173 KU Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte im transdisziplinären Kontext 1 (2010W)

Violence and Social Orders. D. C. North¿s Proposal of a Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 12.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 19.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 09.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 16.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 23.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 30.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 07.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 14.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 11.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 18.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 25.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Douglass C. North, the most prominent theorist of New Institutional Economics, has recently published, together with two co-authors, a new major work which aims at nothing less than providing “A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History”. The high claim and wide breath of this book, which tries to unify economic and political science theory with historical reasoning, and its non-technical, and therefore easily accessible, nature are good reasons to use it as the textual basis for this course that aims at introducing participants to transdisciplinary concepts and theory building in the social sciences.

Assessment and permitted materials

You will have to write short summaries (in English!) of the single chapters of the book and answer questions posed in advance of the discussions in the course sessions. We expect that participants frequent the course sessions continuously and participate actively in the discussions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Understanding the essential role of theory for historical investigations of economic development, social orders, and political constitutions, and how it is built by drawing on ideas and concepts stemming from different branches of the social sciences are among the central aims of the course.

Examination topics

We will discuss the book chapter by chapter in the course session. Along the way will encounter several important concepts whose origins, meanings and history will be made clear. Parts of the book and related material will be provided on the e-learning platform FRONTER. Participants should therefore be already acquainted with FRONTER at the beginning of the course. We also suggest to buy a copy of the book (D. C. North/J.J. Wallis/B. R. Weingast, Violence and Social Orders, Cambridge UP 2009) since it is available for 25.- ¿ only. The course will be held in English.

Reading list

D. C. North/J.J. Wallis/B. R. Weingast, Violence and Social Orders. A Conceptual Framework fpr Interpreting Recorded Human History, Cambridge UP 2009

Association in the course directory

A5

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