220.194 (22S) Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century

Sommersemester 2022

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07.03.2022 14:00 - 16:00 N.1.04 On Campus
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Lehrende/r
LV Nummer Südostverbund GSL01007UL, GSL02007UL
LV-Titel englisch Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century
LV-Art Kurs (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
Anmeldungen 12 (25 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 07.03.2022
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Anmerkungen

!!! INTRODUCTORY MEETING on March 7 !!!
(content: discussion of pragmatics, first contact with American globalization)

!!! Should it become necessary due to the ongoing pandemic circumstances, provisions have been made for the class to be held entirely in a virtual albeit no less interactive format !!!

Guest lecture: Dr. Lonnie Johnson (fmr. Executive Director, Fulbright Austria), "'The Marshall Plan for the Mind': The Fulbright Program and Globalization" (date/details: TBA).

Extracurricular event #1: Group viewing and discussion of One, Two, Three (1961, dir. Billy Wilder; date/details: TBA).

Extracurricular event #2: A talk organized in cooperation with the US Embassy Vienna (date/details: TBA).

If enrollment numbers exceed the class limit, there will be a pre-selection process.

Studienberechtigungsprüfung Ja
Seniorstudium Liberale Ja

Zeit und Ort

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

Students will walk away from the class having (co)developed a firm and nuanced understanding of the historical, political, socio-economic, and (popular) cultural dynamics that have shaped the so-called "American century" with an added view to critically appreciating its global(zing) as well as local(ized) effects.

Students will be challenged to (re)develop, (re)evaluate, and subsequently practice competences needed to maintain high levels of both historical as well as historiographic literacy. Since American globalization cannot be adequately understood without paying due attention to (popular) mass mediated culture, students will also put critical media literacy skills into practice.

Lehrmethodik

In popular, public American discourse: ASK NOT WHAT THIS COURSE CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS COURSE.

Course mode: mini-lecture input, self-directed research, peer-led/hosted/organized talks and group discussions, interpretative activities, close readings and critical contextualization of primary and secondary sources, work on Moodle, extracurricular events, etc.

Be prepared to critically formulate, present, and discuss your own (!) thoughts on the topics/texts covered in class since a large part of this class will depend on your concerted input. This class is an interactive and peer-created course and thus students will be expected to engage in self-directed research and to take responsibility for guiding their peers through primary and secondary sources. All of the material students will need to get started will be provided in digital form.

Inhalt/e

Written in the discourse of the Great Rapprochement, Anglo-Saxon race patriotism,  and modern(ist) futurity, William T. Stead asserted in The Americanization of the World (1902)—almost five decades before Henry Luce proclaimed the 20th century as "the American century"—that the United States "have secured the commercial primacy of the world" (342). While human history is replete with hemispheric and continental exchanges, it was the 20th century that saw the world become truly globalized; the technology-assisted compression of space and time, which has enabled the transfer of information, capital, goods, and bodies at unprecedented speeds, has been fueling globalization just as much as large-scale shifts in geo-political structures that were driven by powerful nation states—with the United States of America being one of them. However, for a large number of people—scholars and critics included—globalization is synonymous with Americanization, or at the very least westernization on account of the United States’ having arguably achieved a position of hegemonic power in military, economic, and socio-cultural terms. What is more, globalization-as-Americanization stands in a dichotomous, affectually charged, and thus largely unproductive dialogue with different variants of Anti-Americanism.

Informed by John Muthyala’s concept of "dwelling in American" (2012: xvii), this class will offer a deliberately complex introduction to and exploration of American globalization within the confines of the 20th century. Even though American globalization has registered on all shores, this class will primarily (though not exclusively) focus on 20th century European history and lifeworlds with a view to entangling our semester-long, historio-cultural investigation with the ongoing effects of American globalization in our everyday lives.

Following a broad-angle mapping of the geo-political, economic, and cultural roots  (e.g., continental/hemispheric isolationism v. internationalism, the Great Rapprochement, Modernism, etc.) that undergirded the United States' emergence from World War II as a "global superpower," this class will follow a two-step process to arrive at a critical appreciation of American globalization as "smooth globalization" (Marling 2006, 204):

Step #1: We will pursue a single question—"How 'American' is globalization?"—along diachronic lines with a view to a) engaging with, while also avoiding the pitfalls of the deceivingly conspicuous signifiers of globalization-as-Americanization (answer: "Less than we think"), and b) probing the tangible albeit often overlooked substrate of Americanized globalization (answer: "More than we know").

Step #2: Then we will explore a representative number of nation-specific case studies to gauge the impact of American globalization in different European countries during as well as after the Cold War.

Topics include but are not limited to:
* Disentangling terminological/conceptual knots (Americanization, anti-Americanism, modernization, modernity, Modernism, American empire, etc.)
* Formal v. informal imperialism
* Hard v. soft power
* What exactly do we mean by "the American Century"?
* Cases for and against American exceptionalism
* The role of U.S. cultural diplomacy
* Think tanks, foundations, and philanthropic associations
* The transfer and influence of American "high culture"
* American popular mass culture: Forms and modes of distribution


Erwartete Vorkenntnisse

None

Curriculare Anmeldevoraussetzungen

None

Literatur

Main course texts:
Crothers, Lane. 2018. Globalization and American Popular Culture, 4th ed. Rowman and Littlefield.
Eckes, Alfred E. Jr., and Thomas W. Zeiler. Globalization and the American Century. Cambridge UP.
Engel, Jeffrey A., Mark Atwood Lawrence, and Andrew Preston. eds. 2014. America in the World: A History in Documents from the War with Spain to the War on Terror. Princeton UP.
Hopkins, A. G. 2018. American Empire: A Global History. Princeton UP.
Marling, William H. 2006. How "American" Is Globalization?. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Muthyala, John. 2012. Dwelling in American: Dissent, Empire, and Globalization. Dartmouth College Press.
Pells, Richard. 2011. Modernist America: Art, Music, Movies, & the Globalization of American Culture. Yale UP.
Stephen, Alexander. ed. 2008. The Americanization of Europe: Culture, Diplomacy, and Anti-Americanism after 1945. Berghahn Books.

Supplementary sources:
Bigsby, Christopher. ed. 2006. The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture. Cambridge UP.
Brogi, Alssandro, Giles Scott-Smith, and David J. Snyder. eds. 2019. The Legacy of William J. Fulbright: Policy, Power, and Ideology. University Press of Kentucky.
Campbell, Neil, and Alasdair Kean. American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture. Routledge.
Castañeda, Jorge G. 2020. America Through Foreign Eyes. Oxford UP.
Clemens, Walter C. 2000. America and the World, 1898–2025: Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures. Macmillan.
Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth. 2013. American Umpire. Harvard UP.
McCoy, Alfred W. 2017. In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power. Haymarket Books.
Parmar, Inderjeet. 2012. Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, & Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power. Columbia UP.
Spragg, Dennis M. 2019. America Ascendant: The Rise of American Exceptionalism. Potomac Books.
Krenn, Michael L. 2017. The History of United States Cultural Diplomacy, 1770 to the Present Day. Bloomsbury.
Ninkovich, Frank. 1999. The Wilsonian Century: U.S. Foreign Policy since 1900. The University of Chicago Press.

A comprehensive bibliography, which includes titles that are all available either in AAU's library, via the class lecturer, or on the internet, will be provided on Moodle. Making use of these resources will be part of the graded performance.

EVERY student is directed and required to obtain and read texts (primary & secondary) which are tied to individual assignments in order to successfully participate in the class. All texts that are tied to graded assignments will be provided in digital form. Other course material (slideshows, reading assignments, other relevant material etc.) will also be made available in digital form on Moodle.

Prüfungsinformationen

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Prüfungsmethode/n

IN-CLASS:

1) Attendance/participation/reading assignments/work on Moodle,
2) "Globalization veneer v. substrate" explicator talk

3) "Americanization of Europe" peer-led case study

WRITTEN: 

4) A response essay (1,500-2,000 words)
5) Written bibliographic work

Prüfungsinhalt/e

You will need to achieve a positive grade in ALL pillars of assessment (parts 1-5) in order to receive a passing grade for the class ("sudden death-rule").

Sign up for assignments will be conducted via Moodle (first-come, first-served).

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

All written assignments MUST be submitted via Moodle before the given deadlines.

Late submissions of ANY assignments that have a deadline attached to them will generally NOT be accepted once the deadline has passed.

Any case of plagiarism will inevitably lead to immediate expulsion from the class.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

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    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.001 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 1 ( 2.0h VO, KS / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung (SKZ: 411, Version: 15W.2)
    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.002 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 2 ( 2.0h VO, KS, VU / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung (SKZ: 411, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.001 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 1 ( 2.0h VO, KS / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung (SKZ: 411, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.002 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 2 ( 2.0h VO, KS, VU / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung (SKZ: 411, Version: 19W.2)
    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.001 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 1 ( 2.0h VO, KS / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung (SKZ: 411, Version: 19W.2)
    • Fach: Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen (Wahlfach)
      • GSL.002 Lehrveranstaltung zu Geschichte der Politik, der Staaten und Regionen 2 ( 2.0h VO, KS, VU / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6., 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
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    • Fach: Vertiefungsfach 2 (weiteres Fach) (Pflichtfach)
      • Eine weitere vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung ( 2.0h VO/KU / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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    • Fach: Gebundenen Wahlfächer (Wahlfach)
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      • Eine weitere vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung ( 2.0h VO/KU / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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    • Fach: Vertiefungsfach 2 (Pflichtfach)
      • Eine weitere vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung ( 2.0h VO/KU / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 220.194 Pax Americana: US Globalization in the 20th Century (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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