Alternative Status Quo 4003-ASQ-OG

In the experience of fish there is no other reality than water.
In this seminar we will be using the perspective of the outsider, so the contemporary world will be treated not as obvious and given, but as one of many possible and perhaps not the best.
The consequence of such a point of view are demands for change or reform. We will discuss issues discussed by classical and contemporary social thinkers of world renown. The seminar is interdisciplinary, combining parts of the history of ideas, social philosophy, economics and sociology.

Topics discussed in class:

1. Utopia
2. What capitalism and what comes after it?
3 Climate
4. Income distribution and justice
5. The market, power and the state
6. Globalization
7. Security
8. Elitism and Populism
9. University

Note: it is stipulated that topics are subject to slight modification.
Note: To participate in the class, the instructor invites primarily students who have completed at least their 2nd year of study.