SoSe 2023

In recent years, racial capitalism has developed into a buzzword. Within social movements and amongst many critical scholars, it has become a truism that racism and capitalism are thoroughly imbricated. But where does the term racial capitalism come from, and what does it mean? How exactly are racism and capitalism entangled, and how are they related to other processes of oppression, like coloniality and patriarchy? And how can one explore these relations empirically? The course engages with these questions and thereby touches on contemporary debates. In the first part of the course, we will engage with foundational theoretical concepts and historical processes that help us make sense of the term racial capitalism. In the second part, we will examine empirical analysis from different parts of the world concerning the prison-industrial complex, the rise of the global far right, border regimes the COVID-19 pandemic, racial finance and surveillance capitalism, climate justice and reparations and strategies for anti-racist politics.

Begleitendes Tutorium zur Einführungsvorlesung Internationale Beziehungen

Der Kurs findet in der Henschelstraße 2, im Raum 1140 statt.

Wir beginnen um 12.15 Uhr!