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- demonstrerer grundigt kendskab til det valgte emne, dets litteratur, teorier og problemstillinger.
- viser færdighed i selvstændig litteratursøgning, formulering af en problemstilling, udvælgelse af relevant stof og disponering af stoffet.
- bruger relevante fagbegreber, -teorier og -terminologier.
- anvender relevante analytiske metoder.
- producerer selvstændigt skriftligt arbejde om emnet.
- viser færdighed i at formidle emnet klart og sammenhængende.
Since the launch of the US-inspired ‘War on Terror,' some have suggested that - whatever it has achieved in relation to terrorism - its impact on the civil liberties of Americans has been similar to that of an earlier ‘all-out' national security-related campaign: the post-war anti-communist crusade better known as ‘McCarthyism.' This course doesn't deal with the contemporary United States but it does explore the other end of the analogy: the historical, political, social and cultural contexts within which the post-war ‘red scare' flourished and men like Senator Joseph McCarthy made his name.
Beginning with a discussion of the diverse roots and precursors of anti-communism in the United States, the course goes on to address its major post-war manifestations (from spying cases to anti-radical campaigns, from legislation to blacklisting), battlegrounds (from Congress to Hollywood), agents (not just Senator McCarthy, but also FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, US Chamber of Commerce and American Legion), and targets (including public officials, labour unionists, and the Communist Party). It considers, too, the academic debate over post-war anti-communism, and the differing ways it has been interpreted. Was the ‘red scare' an elite or mass phenomenon? Was it a monolithic or multifaceted movement, an irrational outburst or a calculated campaign? What motivated its agents? Was it in any way justified? What were its short- and long-term effects?
Anti-communism in the US has long been the subject of popular, political and academic controversy. But with the post-Cold War release of previously top secret documents, scholarly debate over the post-war anticommunist offensive has been rekindled. The course will also review these changing understandings of the rise and fall of post-war anti-communism.
Den studerende kan først indstille sig til prøven i bachelorprojektet, når samtlige andre prøver på de to første år af bacheloruddannelsen er bestået.
Dale Carter
Den første del af semesteret består af emneundervisning, der foregår på hold, hvor centrale dele af et specifikt emneområde gennemgås. I løbet af emneundervisningen forventes den studerende at arbejde med skriftlige opgaver og/eller mundtlige fremstillinger, individuelt og sammen med andre. I samarbejde med underviseren udvælger den studerende et særligt aspekt af emneområdet som sit projektemne. Den sidste del af semestret består af individuelt arbejde med informationssøgning og udformning af det valgte projekt, med underviseren som vejleder.
Engelsk
About Course Books: Listed below are the two ‘set texts' for this course, which all students will be expected to obtain. They will be available from Geneviève Munck International Book Service (Klostergade 33, 8000 Århus C; tel: 86 19 50 42; email <gmunck@post3.tele.dk>), and will be supplemented by a compendium of readings. Students who would like ideas for preliminary reading prior to the course should contact me for suggestions.
Required Set Texts (see About Course Books , above)
Richard Fried, Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), ISBN-10: 0-19-504361-8; ISBN-13: 978-01950-43617
Ellen Schrecker (ed), The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents , 2 nd rev. ed (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994), ISBN-10: 0-312-93199; ISBN-13: 978-03123-93199
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