GPOL
5108

Imperialism: Theory and History: Empire and Decolonization in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

New School for Social Research: Politics

Liberal Arts
Graduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Imperialism: Theory & History
Spring 2025
Taught By: Nancy Fraser and Eli Zaretsky
Section: A

CRN: 15690

Credits: 3

Capitalism as a concept is both profound and abstract. In the real world capitalism works through the organization of states, global banks and currencies, military formations, legal structures, insurance companies and hegemonic cultural formations. In the real world it is embedded in “natural” processes described by such disciplines as geology, botany, zoology, and meteorology. In these senses imperialism is another, more concrete way of characterizing capitalism. In this class we will explore imperialism in this sense. Readings include those by Readings will include texts by Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Maurice Dobb, Robert Brenner, Immanuel Wallerstein, Giovanni Arrighi, David Harvey, Sylvia Federici, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Vinay Gidwani, Andriew Liu, Adam Getachew and Jason Moore

College: New School for Social Research (GF)

Department: Politics (POL)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 9

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 4:34pm EDT 11/2/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Monday
Times: 6:00pm - 7:50pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/14/2025