International Studies 488 - Senior Seminar: Universalism: Confronting Global Thought

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Macalester College

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Rapid globalization in all areas of modern life raises afresh the question of universalism: do we live in one world or many This course reviews attempts at thinking the world as one. Varying from year to year, the course ranges across world-historical studies, geographic and regional studies, theories of Weltliteratur, debates in the Americas and the Caribbean, contemporary cultural theory, and other topics. Throughout, we will ask: in whose interest is the universal is there any local left does global mean homogeneous is it possible to be cosmopolitan A course less about research or fact than about thought. Next offered 2009-2010. (4 credits)

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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