| Part 1: Theories of Violence and the Problem of Rationality |
| 1 |
Section 1: Introduction to the Debate |
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| 2-3 |
Section 2: Theoretical Foundations: Crowds, Ritual or Demonic Males? |
Reflection paper #1 (Lecture 3) |
| 4-5 |
Section 3: Political Violence, the State, and Theoretical Controversies |
Reflection paper #2 (Lecture 5) |
| Part 2: Conceptions of Rights, Rationality and Relativism |
| 6-7 |
Section 4: Rights Talk in Western Culture: Whose Rights, Whose Rationality? |
Reflection paper #3 (Lecture 7) |
| 8-9 |
Section 5: Debating Universalism versus Cultural Relativism: How Is the Notion of Culture Discussed? |
Reflection paper #4 (Lecture 9)
First paper topic announced (Lecture 9) |
| 10-11 |
Section 6: The Spectacle of Torture: Violence, State Security, and the Perpetrator |
Draft of first paper due (Lecture 10) |
| Part 3: Dilemmas of Postmodern Violence: State-Sponsored, Collective, or Interpersonal? |
| 12-13 |
Section 7: Genocide-The Inconceivable? |
First paper returned with comments (Lecture 12)
Reflection paper #5 (Lecture 13) |
| 14-15 |
Section 8: The Problem of Sex and Gender Violence in Political Crises: "Ethnic Cleansing" or Interpersonal Crime? |
Revised version of paper #1 due in class (Lecture 14) |
| Part 4: From Violence and Trauma to Justice |
| 16-17 |
Section 9: Argentina's Dirty War |
Reflection paper #6 (Lecture 17) |
| 18-20 |
Section 10: Rwanda: Genocide Revisited |
Reflection paper #7 (Lecture 19)
Second paper topic announced (Lecture 20) |
| Part 5: The Politics of Memory, Victimization, and Reparations in "Transitional" Societies |
| 21-24 |
Section 11: South Africa: Truth Commissions, Trials, Trauma, and Transitions to Democracy |
Second paper due (Lecture 22)
Reflection paper #8 (Lecture 24)
Second paper returned (Lecture 24) |
| 25 |
Section 12: Haiti: Human Rights, Justice, and Humanitarian Assistance |
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| Conclusions and Concerns |
| 26 |
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Final draft of second paper due in class (for those who opt to rewrite them)
(Lecture 26) |