Space and Identity Crisis in the Postmodern Era. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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This course examines the growing crisis of personal and collective identity as a consequence of the globalization of capitalist exchange. The human need for ‘belonging’ to different social communities at different spatial, social, and cultural levels is challenged by rapid changes in economic production, technology and the corresponding integration with formerly external areas. Common manifestations of these processes are expressed through supranationalism (EC, NAFTA, etc.), gentrification, ‘anti-immigrationism’, the renewal of recently tainted racial, ethnic, and gender conceptions, among others. This course reveals the systemic underpinnings to growing sectarian strife at the local and international level. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48.