Numbering Code	G-LET30 67331 LJ45	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	special lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	English	Day/Period	Wed.2
Instructor name	RAJKAI Zsombor Tibor (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course introduces students to the study of multiple modernities, with a special attention to socialist modernisation as a remarkable state-led experimental modernisation in human history. Though socialist modernisation tends to be underscored (and even neglected) in the mainstream academic discourse in the Post-Cold War era, it (has) affected the lives of people in the entire Eastern European and Central Asian regions, as well as those of (more than 80% of) people living in the East Asian region. Given its wide impact on the Eurasian continent, this course aims to provide a detailed insight into the socioeconomic and sociocultural characteristics and implications of socialist modernisation. The course is divided into three main parts: introductory part (historical review and analytical framework), central part (discussions of topics related to the political and economic spheres, civil society and the private sphere), and the final part (discussions on the current conditions and contested futures).
Course Goals	1. The students will acquire a broad-based understanding about the various paths of social change from traditional to modern, with a special attention to the socialist path of modernisation. 2. The students will learn a set of related concepts and theories that will help them to deepen their knowledge on the path of modernisation in general. In doing so, they will also obtain a basic insight into fundamental academic dilemmas regarding modernisation.
Schedule and Contents	Week 1 Orientation (Course Briefing) Week 2 Multiple Modernities Week 3 Historical Review Week 4 Analytical Framework Week 5 The Socialist Man Week 6 State Control and Responsibility Week 7 Planned Economy Week 8 Socialist Industrial Towns Week 9 Cultural Life Week 10 Civil Society Week 11 Family and Socialism Week 12 Gender Relations Week 13 Socialism in the Post-Cold War Era Week 14 Socialist Ideas and Globalisation Week 15 Summary (Course Review); Submission of the Term Report
Evaluation Methods and Policy	・40%: Class performance ・60%: Term report Note: students can submit the term report either in English or Japanese.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	It is strongly recommended that - besides carefully reading the distributed class materials - students should also make efforts in taking notes of the provided class materials. Taking notes is an active learning tool that is complementary to passive learning tools such as 'listening' or 'reading'.
References, etc.	Multiple Modernities, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, (Routledge), ISBN:978-0765809261 Family and Social Change in Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies Change and Continuity in Eastern Europe and East Asia, Zsombor Rajkai, (Brill Academic Publishers), ISBN:978-90-04-27683-3