GHIS 5128 -

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The New School

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Globalization and Anticapitalism in Historical Perspective Spring 2009. Three credits. Robin Blackburn This course presents an account of the origins and development of globalization, of the social and political traditions that have contested capitalism, and of the new forms of collectivism in the modern world. The legacy and debates of 19th- and 20th-century socialism, liberalism, and anarchism are reconsidered in the light of the experience of the 20th century. The ideas of Marx and Proudhon, Engels and Bakunin, Kautsky and Lenin, Bauer and Bernstein, Trotsky and Luxemburg, the Fabians and the syndicalists, Mao and Fidel Castro, Keynes and Beveridge, Polanyi and Bookchin, and Fanon and C.L.R. James are scrutinized and shown to have continued bearing on the new forms of capitalism and collectivism in the 21st century. The calculation debate of the thirties and forties, which pitted Mises and Hayek against Oskar Lange and Maurice Dobb, are reexamined. The legacy of struggles for universal social security in the advanced countries are presented for the light it can shed on inequality and insecurity in the modern world. The question is posed as to how today's new social movements and anticapitalism measure up to new forms of corporate and financial power. The role of money managers and institutional funds in globalization is explored. The potential of consumers' campaigns, cultural contestation, social trade unionism, environmentalism, and pension fund activism are assessed in terms of their capacity to strengthen democracy and mount an effective challenge to capitalist power. Cross-listed as GSOC 5032.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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