Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam Summer School
Course Title:
Decode post-Soviet conflicts and political transformations
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Course Description:
The subject of the course is the study of the nature, consequences and narratives of armed conflicts and centres of military and political tension in the states that emerged from the collapse of the USSR. An important aspect is the definition of conceptual approaches to understanding political, ethnic, socio-cultural processes within these conflicts. In particular, in the context of the concepts of neo-imperialism in the information and digital age, ‘waves of democratisation’, conflict of civilisations, post-communist transformations, democratic transit, etc.
One of the focuses is postcolonial studies on the example of Russia/USSR as an empire, in particular in the post-Soviet period, in the process of the collapse of the USSR.
Another focus is the study of the possibilities of propaganda and information influence in the digital society to provoke pockets of military and political tension in post-colonial countries and societies.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398
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