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74367-01 - Seminar: Slavery, Capitalism and Modernity: Exploring the Connections (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Henri-Michel Yéré (h.yere@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | In this class, I would like to invite the students to engage with the debate opened by Eric Williams with his seminal 1944 publication Capitalism and Slavery, in which the Trinidad-born historian made the argument that the development of capitalism in Western Europe is the direct result of the profits made during the Triangular Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas between the 16th and the 19th centuries. The seminar will consist in visiting a series of important texts written in response and in continuity to Williams’, and thus to explore the possibilities of this connection. The exploration of this vast debate will enable us to better shed light on the implications of these connections. To what extent does this debate influence our understanding of the contemporary international division of labour? What is the meaning of this debate in terms of the current inequalities at play in our world? What are the connections between the Transatlantic Slave Trade and racism? |
| Literatur | Selected Bibliography: Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery (London: Penguin Random House, 1944, 2022) Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson, Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2023) Howard W. French, Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War (New York: Liveright, 2021) Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdevelopped Africa (London: Verso, 1972, 2018) Eduardo Galeano, The Open Veins of Latin America (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1971, 1997) C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins (London: Vintage, 1938, 1989) Immanuel Wallerstein, The Capitalist World-Economy: Essays (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14-täglich | Freitag | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Freitag 21.02.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 07.03.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 21.03.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 04.04.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 18.04.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Ostern |
| Freitag 02.05.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 16.05.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Freitag 30.05.2025 | 10.15-14.00 Uhr | Auffahrt |
| Module |
Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Handel und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master Studienfach: Geschichte) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Working Method The class will be structured around a series of responses written by students on the basis of texts starting out of Eric Williams’ book, and the debates generated by the many insights brought forward by this seminal work. Students, individually or in groups, shall prepare a presentation on the basis of the texts proposed for each session, seeking to answer a question related to the overall question of the session of the day. There shall be three presentations per session. Each presentation will be addressed by one or several discussant(s). Students are expected to give at least one presentation (as an individual or as part of a group) and to be at least once a discussant for a presentation. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Soziologie |