| Unit name | Globalisation and Culture |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SOCIM2106 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Goldblatt |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will present students with a range of debates on globalisation and invite them to consider critically the idea and practicalities of the 'global' and globalising process. The unit critically examines theoretical and historical debates on the formation of the global and globalisation, engaging the key themes of space, time, reflexivity and risk as pivotal dynamics in the shift from the 'traditional' to the 'modern' to the 'global postmodern'. These debates will be applied to the relationship between the 'local' and the 'global' alongside the concepts of risk and control. The unit will specifically explore the development of information technologies and networks and the persistence of national and ethnic particularisms and conflicts that question the salience of the state as a localised repository of power and nexus of social control. The unit will also engage the relationsip between globalisation and culture and the meanings of global cultural flows through a variety of approaches including notions of cultural heterogeneity, cultural homogeneity, cultural imperialsm, and cosmopolitanism.
