SHUM 4630 - [Recognition, Abjection, and State Ideology]

Fall. Next offered 2018-2019. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Enrollment limited to: 15 students. Intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

K. Yamamoto-Hammering.

“Recognition, Abjection, and State Ideology” introduces seminal theories of modern state ideology with reference to ethnographic texts that focus both on the formation of national identity and social exclusion. While the course examines relations between the economy and the effectiveness of state rhetoric, it also addresses how state ideologies today require the expulsion of certain groups from general society, and how these groups maintain their own socialities.

For longer description and instructor bio please visit http://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/courses.