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PS008. Theory of Marginality
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
| Title | Theory of Marginality |
| Unit code | PS008 |
| Credit rating | 15 |
| Level | MA |
| Contact hours | 21 |
| Pre-requisite units | History of Political Thought, Methods of Sociological Research |
| Co-requisite units | |
| School responsible | Moscow School of Social & Economic Science (Department of Political Science) |
| Member of staff responsible | Dr. Svetlana Bankovskaya |
2. AIMS
The course aims at developing a conceptual framework of reference for the sociological and political analysis of the marginality as a specific social type, process, and relationship; to depict the uses of this framework. With regard of these core objectives some special tasks are to be formulated: to establish the contingency of this term with the basic sociological concepts that are generally used to get the idea of marginality; to work out a theoretical operationalization of the "marginality" in the context of such processes of the destabilised society as desocialisation and re-socialisation, social/cultural/political exclusion, hybridisation and diffusion. The central questions are: What is a relationship between multiculturalism and exclusion in the modern social settings (particularly in the post-soviet space)? How at all persons are moved to marginal positions, or how they are made to be marginals, what compels them to perform as marginals? What is the specific of this performance in the political action (the case of post-soviet citizenship)
The purposes in regard with curriculum are:
- To make clear the basic concepts and approaches to the marginality issues both in the history of social sciences and contemporary debate;
- To set forth the main directions in the theoretical logic of the analysis of Marginality
- To distinguish between different disciplinary approaches (philosophy, sociology, political science, social geography, cultural science, etc.) to the Marginality issue
- To show the uses of the marginality analysis by the case study (post-soviet citizenship)
3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT
Content
1. Definitions and Classifications. The Other - The Stranger - The Enemy. Space/Time/Movement. Marginality/Marginalization/Marginal tipes.
2. Distinction, Ordering, In-Betweenness. Conflict as a source of marginality.
3. Mobility, fluidity and fixation. Border and Frontier. Comparative analysis of Frontiers.
4. Marginality and Time dimension. The Presence/Absence dialectics in marginal position. Rutinization of the Marginal
5. Marginality: functional and formal meaning.
Participation/exclusion. Marginal as an observer.
6. Ambivalence, abeyance and contingency: marginal as a radical and as a conservative.
7. Astrangement/Assymilation/Normalization and the problem of Control. Global marginal. Marginal as an “ideal type” in the modern society. Some Performatives of the marginal type: Cosmopolitans, Refugees, Estranged Natives, Outsiders, Exiles, etc
Core Reading
- Simmel, G. Conflict and the Web of group affiliations. - Glencoe, Ill., Free Press, 1955
- Levine, D N. Simmel at a Distance: On the History and Systematics of the Sociology of the Stranger// Sociological Focus, 1977, vol. 10: 15-29.
- Park, R. E. Human migration and the marginal man// American J.of Sociology, 1928, vol. 33 (May): 881-93.
- Stonequist, E. The Marginal man. A study in personality and culture conflict. New York: Scribner’s, 1937.
- Schutz, A. The Homecomer//American J. Of Sociology, 1945, vol. 50 (March): 369-76.
- Tabboni, S. The Stranger and Modernity: From Equality of Rights to Recognition of Difference.//Thesis Eleven, 1995, Vol. 43.
- Bhabha H.K. The Other Question: Difference, Discrimination and the Discourse of Colonialism. In: Out There: Marginalisation and Contemporary Cultures/ Ed. by R. Ferguson et al. - The HIT Press, Cam., Mass., L., 1990. P. 71-87
- Turner, F. J. The frontier in American history / Frederick Jackson Turner. With a foreword by Ray Allen Billinton . - New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston , 1965
- Herrick, R. The paradox of marginality// Our sociological eye. Personal essays on society and culture. Port Washington (N.Y.), 1977.
- Mancini B.J. No owner of soil: the concept of marginality revisited on its sixtieth birthday// Intern. rev. of modern sociology. 1988, vol. 18, No 2. P. 183-204.
- Germani, G. Marginality. New Brunswick (New Jersey): Transaction Books, 1980.
- Merton R.K. Sociological ambivalence and other essays. N.Y., 1976.
- Mizruchi E.H. Regulating society: marginality and social control in historical perspective. Chicago, 1983.
- Schmitt C. Der Begriff des Politischen. Text von 1932 mit einem Vorwort und drei Corollarien. Berlin: Dunker & Humblot, 1963. S. 20-78.
4. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
| Category of outcome | Students should be able to: |
| Knowledge and understanding | - know origins and classical concepts of marginality and marginal man; - know main points of the contemporary social and political debate on the marginality issues; - understand the logic of theoretical succession from the “Stranger” to the different modern marginal types; - realize the basic/ontological descendence of the Marginal from the Other |
| Intellectual skills | - distinguish «marginality» as sociological concept from the popular notions and biases on marginality, as well as from the term «marginality» used in other social sciences; - use interdisciplinary context for the marginality theoretical analysis (ideas from the sociology of space and time, from social/cultural anthropology, from conflict theories, from human geography, from geopolitics, etc); - depict and sociologically analyze the cases of marginality in the current social processes of change. - develop critical thinking and in situ research skills |
| Practical skills | - resolve problems: identify the features of problem, including aspects of risk and select approaches and solutions; - identify desired communication outcomes; enhance understanding and engagement by academic and professional audiences; - research independently, by identifying and managing library and information resources including online, correctly citing, acknowledging and referencing sources; - undertake effectively independent and self-managed learning; |
| Transferable skills and personal qualities | - effective written and oral communication; - reflect and write analytically; - engage in scientific discussion and deliver creative and original thought; - find information and use information technology (including e-library resources) - exercise self-reliance skills and develop independent learning ability; - manage time and work to deadlines. |
5. LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESSES (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
- Contact hours: lections (70%) ant tutorials (30%).
- Private assignment preparation
- Directed reading (paper and electronic texts)
- Essay writing
6. ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
| Assessment task | Length | Weighting within unit (if relevant) |
| Essay | 5000 words | 100% |
| Date of current version | 12 March 2010 |
| Approved by Deans’ meeting | 23 March 2010 |