Module Identifier | IPM3630 | ||
Module Title | POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Jenny Edkins | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 22 Hours 1 x 2 hours seminar per week | |
Assessment | Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 1,000 word outline of review paper | 10% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 5,000 words review paper | 70% | |
Semester Assessment | Seminar participation Course Work: | 20% | |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
- discuss in depth questions of identity, subjectivity and difference
- critically assess and situate a contribution to the field
- express themselves clearly and cogently on these topics both in writing and in seminars
- prepare and present an extended review paper
1. give students an in-depth introduction to these issues
2. develop students' skills in contributing to and leading seminars on complex and controversial topics, and
3. enable them to prepare and present an extended academic paper
In addressing these issues and others, the module draws on fascinating work in postcolonial studies - work until recently neglected by international relations theorists. It also considers explorations of subjectivity and power from feminist, postculturalist, Marxist and psychoanalytic work. Students unfamiliar with these areas can attend lectures on a parallel introductory undergraduate module if they wish.
15 ECTS credits