Global Ideologies: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Nationalism

In this course students will investigate major ideologies with global reach, such as colonialism, imperialism, and nationalism. We will examine the key debate over these ideologies: whether the colonized ought to adopt violence as a method of resistance to colonial injustice and whether nationalism is a necessary path toward emancipation from imperial domination. We will then apply the insights gained from this discussion to our analysis of religiously grounded ideologies in contemporary world politics. This will lead us to revisit the dominant liberal order of the West through the lens of multiple modernities, which challenges the idea of a single path of human progress. Alongside exploring alternative paths to liberal modernity, we will also engage with scholarship on the clash and cooperation of civilizations.