HIST3006
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
What is violence? What do we mean by it? Is it innate or learned? Are we becoming more or less violent? These are all questions that we will ask throughout this course. A History of Violence will examine the different types of violence that humans have practiced over the centuries, put them into historical context, and try to understand why those different forms of violence are used at particular times, and not others; why some kinds of violence are accepted in some parts of the world but not others? This course will explore aspects of human violence in world history from pre-history to the present. Major topics to be addressed within this overview include: Inter-personal violence; state violence; crime and criminality; sexual violence; religious and ritual violence; warfare; massacre and genocide; theories and thinkers of violence; and representations of violence in film and literature.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2023.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify key issues in the history of violence.
2. Develop an understanding of the different theories and approaches to the study of the history of violence.
3. Analyse and reflect upon a variety of historical source materials relevant to the study of violence.
4. Synthesise primary and secondary source material in oral and written form at an advanced level.
Content
The course examines themes such as the origins of conflict, religion, ritual and violence, intimate and gendered violence, warfare, ethnic, racial and nationalist violence, violence, the State and the justice system, Empire, Revolution, social change, popular protest and resistance, and representations and constructions of violence.
Assumed knowledge
20 units in History at 1000 level or equivalent.
Assessment items
Project: Research Project
Written Assignment: Book Review
Quiz: Class Test
Participation: Tutorial Notes Exercise
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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