Faculty First Year Seminars 197POL10 - Mass Killings in the U.S.
Fall
2016
01
1.00
Barbara Cruikshank
TH 2:30PM 3:20PM
UMass Amherst
81194
Mass killings occur in the U.S. about every two weeks. It seems like insensible slaughter by mentally deranged loners or terrorists whose very humanity is
seized by ideology. There are patterns to the madness, but it is very difficult to tell (and there is much disagreement over) what those patterns indicate about the causes and consequences of mass killings. In this seminar, we will revisit documents on a fascinating case of mass killing from the countryside of France in 1835. On that basis, we will assess recent killings. The seminar will illuminate how we might use the past to interpret the present.
seized by ideology. There are patterns to the madness, but it is very difficult to tell (and there is much disagreement over) what those patterns indicate about the causes and consequences of mass killings. In this seminar, we will revisit documents on a fascinating case of mass killing from the countryside of France in 1835. On that basis, we will assess recent killings. The seminar will illuminate how we might use the past to interpret the present.
Freshmen Only