Seminar: Totalitarian Rule: Theory, Empirics and Fictional Worlds - Details

Seminar: Totalitarian Rule: Theory, Empirics and Fictional Worlds - Details

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Course name Seminar: Totalitarian Rule: Theory, Empirics and Fictional Worlds
Subtitle
Course number 860057
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 35
maximum number of participants 35
Entries on waiting list 1
notwendige Teilnehmeranzahl 15
Home institute Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 24.10.2024 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (VG 1.108 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361))
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Prüfungsleistung(en) je Modul / Exam details per module:

* [(B.Pol.5.Mp) Politische Theorie][1]
* Präsentation: Mo, 17.03.2025
* [(B.Pol.501.Mp) Politische Theorie][2]
* Präsentation: Mo, 17.03.2025

[1]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=26323&periodId=277
[2]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=26349&periodId=277

Rooms and times

(VG 1.108 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361))
Thursday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (13x)
(VG 3.108 (Verfügungsgebäude - PIZ 5361))
Thursday, 09.01.2025 14:00 - 16:00

Fields of study

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Totalitarianism may lurk in our imagination as a spectre of the past, but we still see highly repressive authoritarian regimes in all regions of the world. Perhaps most dicussed amongthese, the People's Republic ofChina relies heavily on supposedly ‘totalitarian’ measures to suppress itspopulation and strengthen itsregime. But to what extent is the analytical concept of totalitarianism, which political science developed inthe last century, still useful for such modern regimes?

In this seminar, we will first look at historically significant works that have contributed to the analytical identification of totalitarianism (e.g. Arendt, Friedrich and Brzezinski, Linz). This will enable us to familiarise ourselves with central concepts and define the term. We then look on the one handat the cultural reception and reappraisal of totalitarianism through literature and academic contributions. To do this, students must have personally acquired a novel and finishedit by the end of the Christmas holidays. On the other hand, we will look at currentauthoritarian regimes that have totalitarian elements and try to apply ourconcepts and understandings of thispolitical theory to modern-day examples.

The seminar is conceptualised with a focus onreading and discussion, all of which will take place in English. Approximately 30-40 pages of reading are expected per week, plus the novel (between 150 and 350 pages) over the first half of the semester. Due to the additional reading effort, a high level of motivation is desiredfrom participants.The compulsory presentation will take place in a synchronous poster session in the new year.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Seminare in B.Pol.5 bzw. B.Pol.501: Aufbaumodul Politische Theorie".
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The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The following categories of people are preferred during seat allocation:
    • Semester of study at least 3 (36117 persons)
    • Subject is Politikwissenschaft (373 persons)
    • Subject is Politikwissenschaft (1119 persons)
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 13.10.2024 on 23:59. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
  • The enrolment is possible from 23.09.2024, 09:00 to 01.11.2024, 18:00.
  • The enrolment is only allowed for participants of at least one of the following courses:
    • 865972 Politiktheoretische Kontroversen (WiSe 2024/25)
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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