Lecture Notes
Please note that there are no lecture notes for the final portion of the course as class sessions focused on discussion and debate.
| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Part 1: Theories of Violence and the Problem of Rationality | |
| 1 | Section 1: Introduction to the Debate (PDF) |
| 2-3 | Section 2: Theoretical Foundations: Crowds, Ritual or Demonic Males? (PDF) |
| 4-5 | Section 3: Political Violence, the State, and Theoretical Controversies (PDF) |
| Part 2: Conceptions of Rights, Rationality and Relativism | |
| 6-7 | Section 4: Rights Talk in Western Culture: Whose Rights, Whose Rationality? (PDF) |
| 8-9 | Section 5: Debating Universalism versus Cultural Relativism: How Is the Notion of Culture Discussed? |
| 10-11 | Section 6: The Spectacle of Torture: Violence, State Security, and the Perpetrator (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
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Part 3: Dilemmas of Postmodern Violence: State-Sponsored, Collective, or Interpersonal? |
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| 12-13 | Section 7: Genocide-The Inconceivable? (PDF) |
| 14-15 | Section 8: The Problem of Sex and Gender Violence in Political Crises: "Ethnic Cleansing" or Interpersonal Crime? (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| Part 4: From Violence and Trauma to Justice | |
| 16-17 | Section 9: Argentina's Dirty War (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 18-20 | Section 10: Rwanda: Genocide Revisited (PDF) |
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Part 5: The Politics of Memory, Victimization, and Reparations in "Transitional" Societies |
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| 21-24 | Section 11: South Africa: Truth Commissions, Trials, Trauma, and Transitions to Democracy |
| 25 | Section 12: Haiti: Human Rights, Justice, and Humanitarian Assistance |
| Conclusions and Concerns | |
