History and the Turn to the Present (FYS)
CSS 102F
Spring 2022
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This course attempts to make sense of contemporary politics, economics, and society through an historical examination of the present. It will discuss contemporary topics such as neoliberalism, nationalism, COVID-19, critical race theory, the forever war, the New Cold War, etc. It will also raise methodological questions on the promises and perils of using history to understand the present. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS CSS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
1. Adam Tooze, SHUTDOWN (Penguin Press, 2021)
2. Nikole Hannah-Jones, THE 1619 PROJECT (One World, 2021)
3. THE DERRICK BELL READER edited by Richard Delgado (NYU, 2005)
4. Jason Stanley, WHAT IS FASCISM (Penguin 2018)
5. Federico Finchelstein, FROM FASCISM TO POPULISM IN HISTORY (University of California Press, 2017)
6. Edward Luce, THE RETREAT OF WESTERN LIBERALISM
7. G. John Ikenberry, A WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY: LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM AND THE CRISES OF GLOBAL ORDER (Yale 2020),
8. Samuel Moyn, HUMANE (FSG, 2021)
9. Amia Srinivasan, THE RIGHT TO SEX: FEMINISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (2021)
10. Pankaj Mishra, AGE OF ANGER
11. Gary Gerstle, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEOLIBERAL ORDER: AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN THE FREE MARKET ERA
12. Duncan Kelly, POLITICS AND THE ANTHROPOCENE (Polity, 2019)
13. Naomi Klein, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE (2007)
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Steinmetz-Jenkins,Daniel Times: .M.W... 08:20AM-09:40AM; Location: 330HIGH105; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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