ANTH 6033 - Anthropology of Violence

3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the anthropological analysis of violence. Recent social and anthropological theory on violence will be central to the course. We will consider violence in many of its forms, including but not limited to direct violence, structural violence, cultural or symbolic violence, state-sanctioned violence (i.e., armed conflict, torture, death penalty, etc.). interpersonal violence, and gender-based violence.