TENTATIVE SYLLABUS / READING LIST
Note: paper means to be supplied by instructor for fotocopying for students foto
means chapter/pp possibly to be fotocopied for students [ 6] means chapter 6 is optional
Florida International University
Dept. of International Relations Fall 1999:
Instructor Andre Gunder Frank
INR 5935 Graduate Seminar-Special Topic:
" Re-Orient : Social Theory and World History in Asian Age"
INR 4931 Topics:
" Re-Orient: Social Theory and World History in Asian Age"
- INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS & SEMINAR OUTLINE
Intro to the Instructor
Frank ReORIENT Preface
Intro to the History=Theory Seminar
Frank - ReOrient World History and Social Theory [paper]
Intro to the [relevance to] the Future
Frank - Preface to Chinese Edition of ReORIENT [paper]
Suggested paper topics [paper]
- RECEIVED WISDOM TODAY
Landes,D - Wealth & Poverty of Nations, chpts 2,3,4,6,9,10,12,13,14,15,29
Fukuyama, F. - Trust chpt. Xx [foto?]
- RECEIVED CLASSICAL THEORY
A. Marx ,K.- Communist Manifesto [ narrower but original horse's mouth]
and/or
Marx, K.- Capital [Moscow 1962 ed] Vol.III,chpt. 20,[Vol.I,chpts 26,31-33]
Zeitlin - Ideology & Devpmnt. of Socological Theory, Part III on Marx
[ broader in scope but secondary] [foto?]
B. Weber, M.- Protestant Ethic & Spirit of Capitalism, [horses mouth]
and/or
Werber, M - General Economic History, [Free Press 1950 ed.]
chpts. [3],22,23,26,29,30
and/or
Zeitlin - Ideology & Sociological Theory, chpt 15 on Weber [broad/secondr]
C. Modernization Theory
Rostow, WW -- Stages of Economic Growth [horses mouth ] or any of a
thousand other versions & secondary summaries thereof] including
Shannon,TR - Intro to World-System Perspective [secondary], chpt 1
- SOCIOLOGICAL CRITIQUES OF SOCIAL THEORY
Blaut,JM-Colonizers Model of World,chpt 2 Myths of EuropeaMiracle'foto
Goody, J - East in the West, Introduction & chpts 3,8 [foto?]
Lewis,MW & KR Wigen, Myth of Contienents, Introduction & Chpt 3
Frank, - ReOrient , chpts 1 & 4
- THE EUROPEAN WORLD -ECONOMY/SYSTEM ALTERNATIVE
Braudel, F -Civilizatn &Cap. Vol II Perspective of World, pp 441-535
foto?
Wallerstein, I. - Historical Capitalism [horse's mouth]
Wallerstein, I - Modern World-System I, chpt 2 [original or text edition]
and/or [secondary]
Shannon,TR - Intro to World-System Perspective [secondary]
Sanderson, S. [ed] Civilizations & World Systems, chpts. 6 & 7
Frank-Modern W-S Revisited, Re-reading Braudel & Wallerstein foto
. Bergesen - Lets Be Frank about World History foto
- THE 'REAL WORLD' ALTERNATIVE
Frank - ReOrient, chpts 2,3,5,
Wong, R. Bin - China Transformed chpts xx foto
and/or
Wong, R. Bin "The Search For European Differences and Domination in the
Early Modern World. A View from Asia [Manuscript] paper
Pomeranz, K - New World of Growth [manuscript chpt xx] paper
- FALL OF THE EAST / RISE OF THE WEST / INDUSTRIAL REVOLTION
Frank- ReOrient chpt 6
Pomeranz, K. - New World of Growth [manuscript chpt xx] paper
Landes - Wealth & Poverty of Nations, chpts 16,17,18,
Snooks, G. R. - Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary?
Chpt. 1 "New Perspectives on Industrial Revolution" Foto?
- WHAT SOCIAL THEORY?
Frank - ReOrient chpt 7
Wallerstein [Gulbenkian Commission] - Open the Social Sciences foto?
Landes, Wealth & Poverty of Nations, chpt, 29 [again]
- TERM PAPER DISCUSSION [not necessarily only at end]
ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Since this is a School of International Relations with many experts to teach it, there
is no good reason for a non IR person like me to do so also. However, there may be some
merit in trying to lay out some bridges [set out some international relations?] between
the concerns of IR and those of social theory and history in this seminar. To that end, I
here list the following readings to start with and invite anyone [including myself] to add
others:
Mangasarian, L. & H.C. Dryer [eds] The Study of International Relations.
The State of the Art [1989], espec. Chpts
1. Paradigm Development, IR as Social Science [Smith]
2. IR Theory & World History [Gills]
Gill,S. & James Mittleman [eds] Innovation and Transformation in
International Studies [1997], espec. Editors individually & jointly
Frank,"Neither Innovation Nor Transformation" Critique] Millennium 1997
Wallerstein, I. The Politics of World-Economy [1984]
chpts, 1,2,3,4 [states,patterns & three hegemonies in world economy]
Goldstein, J Long Cycles 1988, espec. Chpts. 1,2,7
Modelski, G. & WR Thompson , Leading Sectors and World Powers [1996]
Part Two.: State of the Field, Confused State and Critique of Literature
Arrighi, G. The Long Twentieth Century [1994]
Introduction & Chpt 1-Three Hegemonies of Historical Capitalism
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