Justice and Reconciliation after Mass Violence
SOC-STD 98ND
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Description
This seminar examines the problem of justice and reconciliation after mass violence: How does a nation sundered by genocide, civil war, or gross human rights violations reestablish the social trust and civic consciousness required of individual and collective flourishing? What is the proper balance between individual and collective responsibility? What is the role of trials, truth commissions, and apology in civil reconciliation? How do specific types of mass violence influence outcomes? What makes some reconciliations successful, others less so? The course engages these and other questions from theoretical, historical and contemporary perspectives, exploring the legacy of mass violence going back centuries, while examining reconciliation projects across cultures, countries, and continents.
This course comprises three units: 1) a typology of mass violence (civil war, genocide, state repression, for instance) and theoretical perspectives; 2) case studies of the U.S. Civil War (and its continuing legacy), the Troubles (N. Ireland), and the Rwandan genocide; and 3) a research and writing workshop emphasizing students own work. The goal of the course is to introduce participants to a range of fruitful interdisciplinary approaches to the topic, ultimately launching students on their own 20-25pp. research projects. This is a junior tutorial.
Course Notes
This course will be lotteried and is open to non-concentrators if space permits. This course must be taken for a Letter Grade and cannot be taken Pass/Fail.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Not Available for Cross Registration
Department
Social Studies
Course Component
Tutorial
Subject
Social Studies
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
