| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Theories of Violence and the Problem of Rationality | ||
| 1 | Section 1: Introduction to the Debate | |
| 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 | |
| Conclusions and Concerns | ||
| 26 | Final draft of second paper due in class (for those who opt to rewrite them) (Lecture 26) | |