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  • In this part, the course will reveal

    A)

    paradigms, theories and concepts of globalization on a wider scale ranging from

    a) globalists

    to

    b) hyperglobalists

    and

    c) post-sceptics (transformalists) (as divided by Robert Holton).


    B)

    Further, the focus will be taken on critical understanding of the major paradigms of globalization which emerged in social sciences area with last decades as e.g.:

    a) Ulrich Beck and "The Risk Society";

    b) George Ritzer and "McDonaldization";

    b) Thomas L. Friedman and "The World is Flat";

    c) Hommi Bhabba and "Hybridization";

    d) Marshall McLuhan and "The World as a Global Village";

    e) Francis Fukuyama and "The End of History";

    f) Samuel Huntington and "The Lonely Superpower";

    g) Samuel Huntington and "The Clash of Civilization";

    h) Manuel Castels and the Network Society;

    i) Immanuel Wallerstein and the World-systems theory.


    Recommended literature:

    A) Globalists? Hyperglobalists? Post-sceptics?

    Martell, Luke (2007): "The Third Wave In Globalization Theory "  International Studies Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 173-196 (accesible from database Ebsco at the West Bohemia University).

    Holton, Robert (2005): Making Globalisation. Basingstoke: Palgrave.


    B) 

    Beck, Ulrich (1992): "The Risk Society. Towards a New Modernity."  University of Munich (G): SAGE Publication Ltd. 

    Friedman, Thomas L. (2007): The World Is Flat. A Bried History of the Twenty-First Century. Picador 2007.

    Ritzer, George (1993): The McDonaldization of Society an investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life. University of Maryland: SAGE Publication Ltd.

    Olos, Ana (2003): "Message, Medium and Massage in the Global Village according to McLuhan". Online: https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/116063/2_CentralEuropeanJournalCanadian_3-2003-1_10.pdf?sequence=1

    Fukuyama, Francis (1989): "The End of History". The National Interest, No. 16, Summer 1989, pp. 3-18 (accesible from Jstor university database).

    Khanna, Parag (2021): The New ' End of History'. The National Interest, March 6, 2021. Online: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/new-%E2%80%98end-history%E2%80%99-179347

    Mostafaee, Jalal (2016): "Investigating Identity, Ambivalence, Hybridity: A Bhabhaian Reading of J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Disgrace". In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 7, No. 6.

    Huntington, Samuel (1999): The Lonely Superpower. March/April 1999. Online: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1999-03-01/lonely-superpower.

    Huntington, Samuel (1993): "The Clash of Civilizations?" Foreign Affairs, Vol. 72, No. 3, Summer 1993, 22-49 (accesible from Jstor university database). 

    Castels, Manuel (2005):  "The Network Society: from Knowledge to Policy". In: Castells. Manuel - Cardoso, Gustavo (eds.): The Network Society From Knowledge To Policy. The Centre for Transatlantic Relation: The John Hopkins University, pp. 3-22. Online: https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/waysofbeing/data/communication-zangana-castells-2006.pdf

    Wallerstein, Immanuel (1974): "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for ComparativeAnalysis". Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Sep., 1974), pp. 387-415.

    Questions for students related to the lecture:
    A)
    i) Can you explain differences between "Globalists" // "Hyperglobalists" // "Post-sceptics?"
    ii) What is your standpoint in regard to the three standpoints above?

    B)
    i) What is the risk society (Ulrich Beck)? Explain the logic and say whether it may be correct.
    ii) Is the world really flat in terms Thomas L. Friedman was coined? Explain and argue for it (equality of opportunities for everyone) or against it (disparities prevail or are even on the rise).
    iii) What is the logic of the McDonaldization concept? Do you agree with it? Explain and argue for it or against it.
    iv) What is the logic of the Global Village paradigm? Do you agree with it (that the world is narrowing in an optimistic way and that it is based primarily on communication) or are you for or against it? Why?
    v) Explain the concept the end of history coined once by Francis Fukuyama. Is there the end of history or not? Argue for or against the concept.
    vi) What does mean the concept of hybridity? Does it apply to the feature of globalization or not? Argue for or against the concept.
    vii) Is the USA lonely superpower or not (any more)? Explain the view introduced by Huntington and discuss it.
    viii) Is the "The Clash of Civilizations?" concept applicable to contemporary world realities? Argue for or against the concept.
    ix) Is the unequal economic power and North vs. South divide major problem of globalisation? Explain I. Wallerstein´s concept and argue for or against it.
    x) How applicable can be the Network Society for the network society?