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240096 SE Seminar Individual Specialisation II (2024W)

Society and gender: Neoliberalism, authoritarianism and militarisation

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Th 23.01. 16:45-20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Thursday 17.10. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Thursday 31.10. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Thursday 14.11. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Thursday 12.12. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Thursday 09.01. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objectives:
After completing the course, students should be able to
* recognise the inherent gendered nature of current political, economic and social transformation processes,
* name the associated redefinition processes of gender and gender relations,
* better understand the interconnectedness and current realignment of capitalism and patriarchy,
* make their criticism of social processes and scientific discourses more complex,
* better understand social and gender theories and better apply their theoretical knowledge, and
* better understand their personal realities as political-economic realities.

Contents:
How is gender redefined in the context of current social developments? How are gender relations currently being reformed? Based on these questions, the course offers an overview of current processes of transformation of the "sacred trinity" of capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy.
At the centre of the SE is the link between neoliberalism, authoritarianism and militarisation, which is analysed with a focus on gender/gender relations from a materialist and post-structuralist perspective in order to make the material and discursive dimensions of current social developments and the associated gendering processes in Europe, especially in Austria, tangible. From a feminist-Marxist perspective, the focus is primarily on the economy, production/reproduction and labour, and from a feminist-Foucauldian perspective on knowledge, government rationality and the subject.

Methods:
Oral: (text) discussion, working groups, presentations.
Written: questions on the basic literature, development of the research question for the seminar paper, seminar paper.

Assessment and permitted materials

15 % oral contributions to the discussion,
5 % written questions on the basic literature,
5 % written formulation of the question of the SE paper,
10 % presentation of the seminar paper,
5 % counter-reading of a seminar paper,
60 % written seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Brown, Wendy (2018): Neoliberalism’s Frankenstein: Authoritarian Freedom in Twenty-First Century “Democracies”, in: Critical Times, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, 61-79.
Fraser, Nancy (2022): Cannibal Capitalism. How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet — and What We Can Do about It, London/New York.
Gill, Rosalind (2008): Culture and Subjectivity in Neoliberal and Postfeminist Times, in: Subjectivity, 2008, 25, 432-445.
Farris, Sara R. (2017): In the Name of Women’s Rights. The Rise of Femonationalism, Durham/London.

Weitere Literatur wird im Zuge der LV bekanntgegeben.

Association in the course directory

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