SOC 4740

Sociol Persp on Trauma, Atrocity, & Responsibility

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Pre-Requisite(s): 6 credits of Sociology or permission of instructor

Scholars have characterized the 20th century as an epoch of trauma and atrocity. Previous epochs were brutal also, but the nature of brutality and our vocabularies with which to understand it have been transformed dramatically over the last century. This course explores events (e.g. holocaust, genocide, atomic bombings) and institutional factors (e.g. media,law,philosophy) that have transformed our sense of vulnerability and our responses to it.


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