M ODERNITY AND G LOBALIZATION Gurminder K. Bhambra.
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Transcript of M ODERNITY AND G LOBALIZATION Gurminder K. Bhambra.
EXAM REVISION
Context What background knowledge do you need to
answer the question? Historical events? Standard sociology explanations? Critiques?
Debates What are the key debates associated with this
topic? What are the arguments for? Against?
Conclusion What do I think about this topic?
WHAT IS MODERNITY? Historical background
Political and Economic revolutions as indicated by the French and American Revolutions and industrialisation
Sociological explanations Modernization theory Multiple modernities Postcolonial critique
Debates / controversies Have we always been modern? Is modernity a linear, diffusion-ist phenomenon
or a global one? Does modernity have global conditions of
emergence?
INSTITUTIONS OF MODERNITY
The French Revolution and the Modern State How does the French Revolution contribute to the
idea of becoming modern? What is the relationship of the French Revolution
to the modern state? Why is the state significant to modernity?
Authority and Power – the French and American Revolutions How does political participation change? What is the significance of this new form of
political participation to modernity?
INSTITUTIONS OF MODERNITY
Industrial Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic How does Weber understand capitalism? Why is Protestantism important for Weber?
Industrial Capitalism and Alienation How does Marx understand capitalism? What’s the difference between Marx and Weber?
SOCIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF MODERNITY
From Modernization Theory to Multiple Modernities What is modernization theory? What are the problems with modernization
theory? What are multiple modernities? How does the theory of multiple modernities
differ? Beyond Multiple Modernities
What are the critiques of multiple modernities theories?
How effective are these critiques?
MODERNITY AS GLOBAL
The Modern State as an Imperial State Why is it important to understand the modern
nation-state as being an imperial state? Democracy – Inclusion and Exclusion
How does a wider perspective alter what we might understand about the emergence of democracy?
Industrialisation – Slavery and Colonialism What is the relationship of slavery and
colonialism to the industrial revolution?
SOCIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF GLOBALISATION
Why Globalisation Now? What is globalisation? How is it defined? When
did it start? Why has it suddenly become important?
Cosmopolitanism What is cosmopolitanism? What is its relationship to globalisation?
Globalisation as Connections What does it mean to understand globalisation
as connections? What does it mean for sociology?
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS Trade, Global Economics, and Social
Movements What is the relationship of social movements to
global trade and economics? How does looking at the concerns of social
movements alter the ways in which we might understand global trade and justice?
The Transnational Family What are transnational families? What is their relationship to globalisation?
Universal Human Rights What is the relationship of human rights to
modernity? Why are they significant?
EXAM QUESTIONS Read the questions – take your time – read
them carefully Choose the questions you want to answer Plan your answer Answer the question asked, specifically Answer 3 questions The quality of your answer counts for more
than the quantity of words Think about the question Answer the question Write legibly and neatly Answer the question
ASSESSED ESSAY Title
Keep your focus on the question throughout the essay Introduction
What are you looking at, why are you looking at it, how are you going to look at it
Main body Clear, distinct sections, made up of paragraphs, each
dealing with one theme; might use sub-headings Provide links between sections; give your essay
direction Use evidence to back up your claims; reference
Conclusion Reflect on the arguments you have put forward Consider the implications of what you have written Draw these points into a final concluding sentence
REFERENCES To give information, to illustrate a point, to
present a particular perspective, to present an argument or counter-argument
Support your argument with more than one source
Select examples from a range of sources Be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of
the evidence used
Why reference? To show that you have researched your material To acknowledge the source of the information used To distinguish between your ideas and the ideas of
others To provide support to your ideas
BIBLIOGRAPHY Book
McLennan, Gregor 2006. Sociological Cultural Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan
Article Wittrock, Bjorn 1998. ‘Early Modernities: Varieties and
Transitions’, Daedalus: Early Modernities summer 127 (3): 19-40
Chapter in an Edited Book Spivak, Gayatri Chakrabarty 1990. ‘Post-structuralism,
Marginality, Postcoloniality and Value’, in Peter Collier and Helga Geyer-Ryan (eds) Literary Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity Press
Website Dimitrijevic, Nenad 2006. ‘Moral responsibility for
collective crime’, Eurozine http://eurozine.com/pdf/2006-07-05-dimitrijevic-en.pdf
accessed 23 June 2007
ACADEMIC CONDUCT
Plagiarism is when you intentionally pass off someone else’s work as your own, be it from a published source or from the web or from another essay (your own or somebody else’s!)
If you’re using words, phrases, ideas from someone else – reference them
WEBSITES Academic writing course
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/csde/usp/wsc/cm4a1
Undergraduate skills programme http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/csde/usp/recipes
On referencinghttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/help/guidespublications/bib_cit/
On academic writinghttp://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/celte/languagesupport/aez/resources/