HST 345 - The History of Violence

This course will examine how some of the major eras in Western Civilization have enacted, contained, and comprehended violence. The course will help bolster students’ understanding of: how violence has, at times, been integral to cultural and state formation; how violence has catalyzed cultural and state deformation; and how perceptions of violence as a legitimate means of conflict-resolution have changed throughout history.
Lecture
3 Credits
Offered in the Spring Semester