Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung
Veranstaltungsart: Kurs
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Disruption
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 5
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Advanced Seminar Teilnahmevoraussetzungen Knowledge of English Anforderungen Presentation, Research Paper
Inhalt: With the resurgence of xenophobic nationalism, right-wing populism, ethnopolitics, and religious fundamentalisms, in tandem with a deep-seated distrust of all forms of scientific evidence and democratic debate, liberal societies seem to be on the verge of being eroded from within. At the same time, processes of global migration due to economic crises, political unrest, and climate change have led to a renewed questioning of the cohesion and solidity of nation-states. These developments pose a profound challenge to the humanities, which are now called upon to explore the causes and consequences of the current distrust in democracies throughout the globe. The term of disruption lends itself in its double sense of revolution and innovation to an analysis of cultural, historical and political events which have radically effected the stability of democratic societies. In many respects, the United States of America epitomizes the idea of disruption and innovation from its foundation as a democratic nation which in the course of its revolutionary history has incorporated a multitude of people with different persuasions and provided the space and time for transcultural and transnational formations to evolve. Lernziele Interdisciplinary Research on the status of Democracy and the role the US plays in disrupting it.
