2017/18
28153 - History of Modern Social Movements
Optional
5.3. Syllabus
I. INTRODUCTION
1.Social history and historians. The key role of social movements in historical analysis: conflicts in preindustrial societies.
2. Industrialization and news ways of conflict. The making of the working class.
II. REVOLUTIONS: THEORY AND HISTORY.
3.Social movements and revolutions: a comparative perspective.
4. Anarchism: an alternative road to revolution. The anti-political tradition in Spanish labour. Anarchism and political violence. The roots of Anarchism in Spain
III. WARS, CRISIS AND THE DEFENCE OF SOCIAL ORDER
4. The Russian Revolution and the defeat of revolutions in Europe
5. Fascism: definition, typology and historical cases.
6. Europe in War: 1914-1945
IV. WOMEN
9. Women in history: a historiographical analysis.
10. Women in industrial society. Feminism: from the suffragettes to the third wave. The historical debates about gender.
V. NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
11. New theoretical paradigms on social protest. The New Social Movements in historical perspective.
12. The legacy of May of 1968
Required readings for the final writing assignment
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.