Question:

How does Eric Foner`s The Fiery Trial offer a political sociology of Lincoln`s relationship to American slavery, and the origins of the 13 th amendment, in ways that shed light on the role of social movements in social change, notably the Abolitionist movement and the broad anti-slavery front, and how does this differ from understandings in the dominant visual filmic and general culture? 1b) What is the complex and contradictory role of the various universalisms of the modern world-system, including scientific universalism - as seen for example in the film, The Bourne Legacy, what are their roots or divergences in the changing fortunes of the Abrahamic and other world religions (for example, Hinduism, including as expressed in the Bhagadvad Gita, part of the much larger Mahabharata), and how does Wallerstein see the search for the good, the true and the beautiful as essential for creating alternative futures, or what some have called pluriversalism, and what are some questions about Wallerstein`s arguments in this regard?