2024 Fall
SOCIOL 182 001 - LEC 001
Elementary Forms of Racial Domination: International Perspectives
Loic Wacquant
Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024
Tu, Th
02:00 pm - 03:29 pm
Social Sciences Building 126
Class #:31318
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Sociology
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
9
Enrolled: 56
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 65
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 0 to 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, and 9 to 7 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
TUE, DECEMBER 17TH
08:00 am - 11:00 am
Social Sciences Building 126
Other classes by Loic Wacquant
Course Catalog Description
We break down racial domination into its constituents (stigmatization, discrimination, segregation, ghettoization, violence) and we travel around the world across history to see how they have been assembled in distinctive regimes. Cases studied include global slavery, the Jim Crow South, Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa, as well as medieval Japan, modern Brazil, Eastern Europe and Western colonies.
Class Description
We break down racial domination into its constituents (stigmatization, discrimination, segregation, ghettoization, violence) and we travel around the world across history to
see how they have been assembled in distinctive regimes. Cases studied include global slavery, the Jim Crow South, Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa, as well as medieval Japan, modern Brazil, the contemporary US, Eastern Europe and Western colonies. We close by reconsidering the intersection of social science and racial justice.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None