Coen Schulz
I am Coen Reinhart Schulz and I was Born at 5 October 1998 in Leiden (The Netherlands). After the Gymnasium, I went to study in Amsterdam at the UvA, where I obtained my Master in European Studies in 2022 on the subject of Identity and Integration with the theme "Europe in the field of culture and politics". I like to gather knowledge from all kinds of domains and read books on cultural and academic issues. In addition, I pay attention to macroeconomic developments in the media. Almost every day I keep up with the international news about geopolitical developments. What interests me the most about this news is how its discourses and subsequent broader narratives of understanding geopolitical issues influence our conceptualization of the world. Whether historical, contemporary, or fictional, I do love a good story, to me they help portray the creation of our societal narrative and subsequently the basis of our reality. I also have an interest in geography, urban architecture, and public infrastructure. I like to go out for a bike ride or for a walk in nature. As a holiday destination, I prefer to visit large cities with many cultural and historical attractions.
Supervisors: Dr. David Hollanders: Supervisor Master Thesis, Prof. Dr. Luiza Bialasiewicz: Second Examiner Master Thesis, and Dr. Krisztina Lajosi-Moore: Supervisor Bachelor Thesis
Phone: (+31)0655204023
Address: Netherlands
Supervisors: Dr. David Hollanders: Supervisor Master Thesis, Prof. Dr. Luiza Bialasiewicz: Second Examiner Master Thesis, and Dr. Krisztina Lajosi-Moore: Supervisor Bachelor Thesis
Phone: (+31)0655204023
Address: Netherlands
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Within this thesis, I am to answer the following research question: “What is the ontology of the dialectical paradigm shift related to geopolitical gravity moving from the Western world to the Orient, within both the realm of dialectical materialism as related to physical economic materialism and the Hegelian dialectics regarding psychological narrative idealism?” By putting a focus on the dichotomies of contemporary “economic materialism” and ideological “narrative ideals”, I wish to explore the two fields of geopolitical determinants that influenced the ontology, behind the wider rupture of “dialectics” related to the “paradigm shift” of geopolitical gravity moving from the Western world to the Orient. These two perspectives, of a socio-economic and cultural/historical-political geopolitical dimension, I would thus be explicating respectively on the subsequent hand of “dialectical materialism” and “Hegelian dialectics”. Thus using two dialectical subfields to approach the greater dialectical paradigm shift along the combined lines of “structural idealism”. The perspective of “dialectic materialism”, I will be specifically using to explain the relation between state systems and their economic models. Thereby using “historical materialism” to highlight economic and social interactions, with a focus on how the contemporary came forth out of historical developments. This perspective of “dialectic materialism” is connected to the physical realm of “realism”, which I will be using in congruence with concrete economic realities, which I seek to explain as factors in geopolitics. The other perspective of “Hegelian dialectics”, I wish to use in explaining the interaction between civilizational “narratives”, which are to be found in the “utopist” dimension of ideological constructs. “Hegelian idealism” will herein be paramount, as to depict “narratives” as being but a reflection of the world within the subjective mind, which is ultimately part of the larger “infinite absolute spirit”. Be it that I intend on using “structural idealism”, in explaining the intricacies of “utopist” “Hegelian idealism” in a “realist” manner.
Europe’s Third Way; a Fascist and Corporatist Perspective “Europe has often been identified with a “third way” approach in geopolitics and ideology from the end of the First World War onwards. Give two examples, and explain the “third way character” of these examples.” Fascist ideology can be distinguished as a European third way by being an alternative to communism and capitalism. This notion of third way identity gave fascism the image as an ideological protector of European interests by combatting the malign non-European influences of foreign ideological values. Corporatism also provided a European third way in a non-aligned statist manner that denounced the radicalism of fascist, communist, and capitalist ideology. It thereby provided an authoritarian alternative for the large amount of moderate Europeans who did neither believe in democratic ideals nor the essentialist narrative of fascist ethnic superiority. This corporatist third way has its origin in the Christian social thought of creating a state that provides for the people whilst limiting the economic freedom of powerful individuals.
In this essay, I will be taking on the subject of humanitarianism by exploring its potency and looking into the subsequent “narrative” paradigms of humanitarian reason to find out what kind of actions and visions they support. The main source of literature that supports this subject, will be of the author Didier Fassin with his book "Humanitarian Reason, A Moral History of the Present". I will be taking on this topic on the hand of the following research question; “Didier Fassin (2012) argues that “humanitarianism is the most potent political and geopolitical force of our world”. Discuss, with reference to at least one specific example, how that which Fassin refers to as ‘humanitarian reason’ structures contemporary international interventions and geopolitical visions?” Although humanitarianism is of great importance to how we picture our contemporary world there is little attention to such a banal practice that shapes our everyday lives. Therefore there are a lot of misunderstandings in regards to our conception of depicted morality and the deeper meaning behind the actions taken in its name. To successfully answer such an intricate question it is important that I take a structural approach, I will do this by subdividing the middle part into three paragraphs, followed by a subsequent conclusion in which the most important matters are repeated before a final answer is given. In my first paragraph, I will be taking on the reason behind the dominance of humanitarianism by focusing on its discursive qualities as the raison d'etre behind its potent force. As for the second paragraph I will continue with exploring Fassin's concept of humanitarian reason so as to find out about its “narrative” workings and the societal paradigm of morality it is built upon. Having done this I hope to give concrete examples of how Fassin perceives the moral structuring of contemporary geopolitical visions and military interventions on the basis of humanitarian reason in the third paragraph, before coming to the last part of my discussion and conclusion.
In this essay on German Geopolitik in comparison to colonialism and imperialism I will be trying to sufficiently answer this research question; “To what degree can we understand German Geopolitik as part of a longer (academic and strategic) tradition of Colonial and Imperial Geopolitics?” This I hope to achieve by taking a systematic approach by discussing three perspectives on the subject matter before coming to a definitive conclusion. In the first part of this essay, I will be taking on the “formal” academic discourse of German Geopolitik and its relation to empire, colonialism, and geopolitics. As for the Second part of this essay, I will write a paragraph on the “practical” political threat that Germany perceived from Geopolitik and its own ideological solution to this conundrum from a racialized perspective. The third part will try to create a direct comparison between acts of American US imperialism in the spirit of the “Westward expansion” and the German “General Plan Ost” respectively. At last, I will come to a conclusion in which I will repeat the most important findings of my essay before having a definitive answer to the posed research question.
The EU’s Global Strategy: “The EU’s Global Strategy introduces the concept of resilience for the EU’s engagement with the world. What is a resilience-based approach to climate change and how does it relate to neoliberal governing? Explain the concept of resilience, provide examples for EU climate change policies based on resilience and discuss critically how resilience fits within a broader neoliberal framework.”
Postcolonial EU Migration Policy: “How can we understand the EU’s migration and asylum policies from a postcolonial perspective? Briefly describe a postcolonial theoretical perspective and then provide a brief analysis of concrete EU policies from a postcolonial approach.”
The post 2015 EU “Migration Crisis”: “The time from 2015 onwards is often referred to as the ‘migration crisis’. Discuss this crisis discourse critically and analyse what the policy response to this ‘crisis’ has been (provide three examples of specific policies and analyse them from a crisis perspective).”
Within this thesis, I am to answer the following research question: “What is the ontology of the dialectical paradigm shift related to geopolitical gravity moving from the Western world to the Orient, within both the realm of dialectical materialism as related to physical economic materialism and the Hegelian dialectics regarding psychological narrative idealism?” By putting a focus on the dichotomies of contemporary “economic materialism” and ideological “narrative ideals”, I wish to explore the two fields of geopolitical determinants that influenced the ontology, behind the wider rupture of “dialectics” related to the “paradigm shift” of geopolitical gravity moving from the Western world to the Orient. These two perspectives, of a socio-economic and cultural/historical-political geopolitical dimension, I would thus be explicating respectively on the subsequent hand of “dialectical materialism” and “Hegelian dialectics”. Thus using two dialectical subfields to approach the greater dialectical paradigm shift along the combined lines of “structural idealism”. The perspective of “dialectic materialism”, I will be specifically using to explain the relation between state systems and their economic models. Thereby using “historical materialism” to highlight economic and social interactions, with a focus on how the contemporary came forth out of historical developments. This perspective of “dialectic materialism” is connected to the physical realm of “realism”, which I will be using in congruence with concrete economic realities, which I seek to explain as factors in geopolitics. The other perspective of “Hegelian dialectics”, I wish to use in explaining the interaction between civilizational “narratives”, which are to be found in the “utopist” dimension of ideological constructs. “Hegelian idealism” will herein be paramount, as to depict “narratives” as being but a reflection of the world within the subjective mind, which is ultimately part of the larger “infinite absolute spirit”. Be it that I intend on using “structural idealism”, in explaining the intricacies of “utopist” “Hegelian idealism” in a “realist” manner.
Europe’s Third Way; a Fascist and Corporatist Perspective “Europe has often been identified with a “third way” approach in geopolitics and ideology from the end of the First World War onwards. Give two examples, and explain the “third way character” of these examples.” Fascist ideology can be distinguished as a European third way by being an alternative to communism and capitalism. This notion of third way identity gave fascism the image as an ideological protector of European interests by combatting the malign non-European influences of foreign ideological values. Corporatism also provided a European third way in a non-aligned statist manner that denounced the radicalism of fascist, communist, and capitalist ideology. It thereby provided an authoritarian alternative for the large amount of moderate Europeans who did neither believe in democratic ideals nor the essentialist narrative of fascist ethnic superiority. This corporatist third way has its origin in the Christian social thought of creating a state that provides for the people whilst limiting the economic freedom of powerful individuals.
In this essay, I will be taking on the subject of humanitarianism by exploring its potency and looking into the subsequent “narrative” paradigms of humanitarian reason to find out what kind of actions and visions they support. The main source of literature that supports this subject, will be of the author Didier Fassin with his book "Humanitarian Reason, A Moral History of the Present". I will be taking on this topic on the hand of the following research question; “Didier Fassin (2012) argues that “humanitarianism is the most potent political and geopolitical force of our world”. Discuss, with reference to at least one specific example, how that which Fassin refers to as ‘humanitarian reason’ structures contemporary international interventions and geopolitical visions?” Although humanitarianism is of great importance to how we picture our contemporary world there is little attention to such a banal practice that shapes our everyday lives. Therefore there are a lot of misunderstandings in regards to our conception of depicted morality and the deeper meaning behind the actions taken in its name. To successfully answer such an intricate question it is important that I take a structural approach, I will do this by subdividing the middle part into three paragraphs, followed by a subsequent conclusion in which the most important matters are repeated before a final answer is given. In my first paragraph, I will be taking on the reason behind the dominance of humanitarianism by focusing on its discursive qualities as the raison d'etre behind its potent force. As for the second paragraph I will continue with exploring Fassin's concept of humanitarian reason so as to find out about its “narrative” workings and the societal paradigm of morality it is built upon. Having done this I hope to give concrete examples of how Fassin perceives the moral structuring of contemporary geopolitical visions and military interventions on the basis of humanitarian reason in the third paragraph, before coming to the last part of my discussion and conclusion.
In this essay on German Geopolitik in comparison to colonialism and imperialism I will be trying to sufficiently answer this research question; “To what degree can we understand German Geopolitik as part of a longer (academic and strategic) tradition of Colonial and Imperial Geopolitics?” This I hope to achieve by taking a systematic approach by discussing three perspectives on the subject matter before coming to a definitive conclusion. In the first part of this essay, I will be taking on the “formal” academic discourse of German Geopolitik and its relation to empire, colonialism, and geopolitics. As for the Second part of this essay, I will write a paragraph on the “practical” political threat that Germany perceived from Geopolitik and its own ideological solution to this conundrum from a racialized perspective. The third part will try to create a direct comparison between acts of American US imperialism in the spirit of the “Westward expansion” and the German “General Plan Ost” respectively. At last, I will come to a conclusion in which I will repeat the most important findings of my essay before having a definitive answer to the posed research question.
The EU’s Global Strategy: “The EU’s Global Strategy introduces the concept of resilience for the EU’s engagement with the world. What is a resilience-based approach to climate change and how does it relate to neoliberal governing? Explain the concept of resilience, provide examples for EU climate change policies based on resilience and discuss critically how resilience fits within a broader neoliberal framework.”
Postcolonial EU Migration Policy: “How can we understand the EU’s migration and asylum policies from a postcolonial perspective? Briefly describe a postcolonial theoretical perspective and then provide a brief analysis of concrete EU policies from a postcolonial approach.”
The post 2015 EU “Migration Crisis”: “The time from 2015 onwards is often referred to as the ‘migration crisis’. Discuss this crisis discourse critically and analyse what the policy response to this ‘crisis’ has been (provide three examples of specific policies and analyse them from a crisis perspective).”