7. Social Ontology and Political Economy

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5 March – 2 April 2024 (two lectures every Tuesday for five weeks: 11:00-13:00 and 15:00-17:00)

Teacher: Dr Karim Knio

Location: In person, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS, The Hague)

Tuition: free for members; 500 euros for non-members

ECs: 4

Description:

This course aims to emphasize the necessity and desirability of embedding thematic and empirical research within ontological debates to produce rigorous scholarly research. It introduces students to fundamental debates in social ontology and highlights their subsequent implications on political economy analysis. Namely, the course focuses on two important ontological debates in their own right before it develops a cartography which charts their intersection, then this cartography is subsequently situated within the classic debate on neoliberalism in critical political economy literatures. In so doing, the course not only demonstrates how different approaches interpret and articulate neoliberalism, but it also reflects on the making of theoretical approaches in their own right. This should provide doctoral students with various analytical skills to help them in appropriately navigating through various academic literatures as well as situating their own research.

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