Europe in Discourse - between Crisis and Revolution 3402-00EID
What has changed in our understanding of Europe and the European Union in recent years? How to reconcile dominant narratives about Europe and the European Union before and after Brexit, the pandemic, the refugee crisis and the war in Ukraine?
During classes we will look at the ways in which European identity, internal divisions of Europe and its relations with the rest of the world have been defined. By reading historical, sociological and political texts, we will consider how different visions of the Europe's past and its ideal political organization translate into current political discussions and what kind of the future of the world and Europe can be imagined.
The subject will be divided into several thematic blocks. The first will be devoted to the dominant narratives about Europe, identity of the continent and its political organization. In the second part, we will look at some critical perspectives on this discourse. In the third part of the semester we will deal with the history of discussions about the divisions of Europe. In the fourth we will read the latest texts regarding the contemporary situation in Europe and we will consider how their authors try to explain the current crises.
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
K_W02 - knowing the basic terminology of the humanities and social sciences
K_W14 knowing the main methods of analysis in cultural studies, history, social studies and philosophy in a historical perspective
K_U02 analysing artistic, philosophical and sociological texts using the appropriate research tools, and presenting the results of such work
K_U04 basic research skills enabling the formulation of research problems from the humanities, philosophy, literature, and arts
K_K03 understanding the dynamics of scientific, cultural and social development and keeping up with new research methods and paradigms
K_K04 the capacity to organize and work with a group and assume different social roles within it
Kryteria oceniania
Participation and activity at the seminar plus a texts
presentation. A maximum of two (2) unexcused absences is
permitted
Literatura
Fragments from the following works:
- Norman Davies, „Europe. A history”, HarperCollins Publishers 2006;
- Zygmunt Bauman, "Europa: an Unifinished Adventure", Polity Press 2004;
- William Outhwaite, „Brexit: Sociological Responses”, Anthem Press 2017;
- Emil Brix, Erhard Busek, „Central Europe Revisited: Why Europe’s Future Will Be Decided in the Region”, Routledge 2021;
- Frantz Fanon, “Black skin, white masks”, Penguin Group 2021;
- Zygmunt Bauman, “Strangers at Our Door”, Polity 2016;
- Larry Wolff, “Inventing Eastern Europe”, Stanford University Press 1994;
- Tariq Modood, “Multiculturalizm: a Civic Idea”, John Wiley& Sons 2013;
- Krzysztof Jaskulowski, „The Everyday Politics of Migration Crisis in Poland: Between Nationalism, Fear and Empathy”, Palgrave Pivot 2013;
- Fareed Zakaria, “Ten lessons for a post-pandemic world”,Penguin Books 2021;
- Maria Todorova, „Imaging the Balkans”, Oxford University Press 2010;
- Ivan Krastew, “After Europe”, University of Pennsylvania Press 2017;
- Immanuel Wallerstein, “European Universalism: The Rhetoric of Power”, New Press 2006,
- Jan Zielonka, „Is the EU Doomed?”, Cambridge University Press 2014.
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