{"id":19164,"date":"2012-07-14T18:02:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T17:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19164"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T14:40:35","slug":"cultural-aspects-of-american-neoliberalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19164&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Aspects of American Neoliberalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: <\/strong>Cultural Aspects of American Neoliberalism<\/span>
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Asst. Prof. Sven Cvek<\/span>
\nECTS credits: <\/strong>6<\/span>
\nStatus: <\/strong>elective<\/span>
\nSemester: <\/strong>2nd or 4th<\/span>
\nEnrollment requirements: <\/strong>enrollment in the graduate program<\/span>
\nCourse description:<\/strong> Starting from the assumption about the inseparability of the economic, political, and cultural spheres, the course offers an overview of the main social processes related to the emergence and development of US neoliberalism. The course covers the historical period between two economic crises, 1973 and 2008, and follows the cultural articulations of the gradual undoing of the legacy of the New Deal and the parallel rise of the ideas of the Chicago school of economics. Neoliberalism is considered in relation to: liberalism, neoconservativism, the problematic of space, democratic politics, work, and moments of crisis. These topics are studies by relying predominantly, but not exclusively, on works of fiction and film.<\/span>
\nObjectives:<\/strong> acquiring knowledge about the development neoliberal ideas and practices; critical approach to social-historica processes; introduction to relevant literature.<\/span>
\nCourse requirements:<\/strong> regular attendance, written tests, essay paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading:
\nPrimary:
\n<\/strong> (selection):<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jonathan Franzen, The 27th City<\/em><\/span>
\nBonnie Jo Campbell, The American Salvage<\/em><\/span>
\nDon DeLillo, Cosmopolis<\/em><\/span>
\nPo Bronson, Bombardiers<\/em><\/p>\n

selection of films and series:<\/span>
\nHarlan County U.S.A.<\/em> (Barbara Kopple, 1976)<\/span>
\nBlue Collar<\/em> (Paul Schrader, 1978)<\/span>
\nRoger and Me<\/em> (Michael Moore, 1989)<\/span>
\nWall Street<\/em> (Oliver Stone, 1987)<\/span>
\nBob Roberts<\/em> (Tim Robbins, 1992)<\/span>
\nOffice Space<\/em> (Mike Judge, 1999)<\/span>
\nThe Wire<\/em> (David Simon, 2002-08)<\/span>
\nWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts<\/em> (Spike Lee, 2006)<\/span>
\nGeneration Kill<\/em> (Ed Burns, David Simon, Evan Wright, 2008)<\/span>
\nSleep Dealer (Alex Rivera, 2008)<\/span>
\nFrozen River<\/em> (Courtney Hunt, 2008)<\/span>
\nWinter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)<\/span>
\nTake Shelter<\/em> (Jeff Nichols, 2011)<\/span>
\nMargin Call<\/em> (J.C. Chandor, 2011)<\/span>
\nIn Time<\/em> (Andrew Niccol, 2011)<\/span>
\nBeasts of the Southern Wild<\/em> (Benh Zeitlin, 2012)<\/span>
\nThe Big Short<\/em> (Adam McKay, 2015)<\/span>
\nUnREAL<\/em> (Marti Noxon, Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondary:
\n<\/strong>– Nikhil Pal Singh, \u201cLiberalism,\u201d In Keywords for American Cultural Studies<\/em>, ed. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler, New York and London: NYU Press, 2007: 139-44.<\/span>
\n– Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Coll\u00e8ge de France, 1978-1979<\/em>. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. (selection)<\/span>
\n– David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism<\/em>, Oxford & New York: Oxford UP, 2007. (selection)<\/span>
\n– Jane L. Collins, Micaela di Leonardo and Brett Williams, ed. New Landscapes of Inequality: Neoliberalism and the Erosion of Democracy in America<\/em>, Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press, 2008. (selection)<\/span>
\n– Wendy Brown, \u201cAmerican Nightmare: Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism, and De-Democratization,\u201d Political Theory<\/em>, Vol. 34, No. 6 (Dec., 2006), pp. 690-714.<\/span>
\n– Jodi Melamed, \u201cThe Spirit of Neoliberalism: From Racial Liberalism to Neoliberal Multiculturalism,\u201d Social Text<\/em>, 89, Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 2006. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Further reading:<\/strong><\/span>
\n– Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom<\/em>. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982 (1962).<\/span>
\n– Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism<\/em>. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2007. (selection).<\/span>
\n– Paul Krugman, \u201cFor Richer,\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, October 20, 2002.<\/span>
\n– Lisa Duggan, The Twilight of Equality? Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy<\/em>. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003. (selection).<\/span>
\n– Thomas Frank, What\u2019s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America<\/em>. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2005. (selection).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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