HSTCMP 206 A: Violence and Contemporary Thought

Autumn 2025
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Meeting:
WF 12:30pm - 2:20pm / SMI 305
SLN:
16503
Section Type:
Seminar
Joint Sections:
CHID 206 A , JEW ST 206 A
Instructor:
Nicolaas P. Barr
"VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT: ANTISEMITISM,RACISM, AND HISTORICAL MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ" *** INTELLECTUALS IN THE BLOODY TWENTIETH CENTURY CONFRONTED A DISTRESSING QUESTION: WERE THE PHENOMENA OF MASS VIOLENCE THEY WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED RADICAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE ARC OF MODERN HUMANIST PROGRESS, OR DID WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONTAIN THESE DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES WITHIN ITSELF? THIS COURSE EXPLORES INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS TO DIAGNOSE AND RESPOND TO WHAT THE POLITICAL THEORIST HANNAH ARENDT CALLED DARK TIMES. **** THIS CLASS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION BY AUDITORS OR ACCESS STUDENTS.
Catalog Description:
Modern and contemporary ideas about violence and their emergence as intellectual responses to historical events. Topics may include histories of physical violence, such as slavery, colonialism, or the Holocaust, as well as structural forms of violence. Offered: jointly with CHID 206/JEW ST 206; AS.
GE Requirements Met:
Diversity (DIV)
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
April 19, 2025 - 6:57 am