Mar 29, 2024  
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GLS 511 - The Social Organization of Cruelty

Credits: 3
This course examines the origins and organization of cruelty (slavery, torture, genocide, child abuse, the treatment of “inmates” in nursing homes and mental hospitals) with the aims of 1) developing a general theory of cruelty and 2) better understanding cruelty as an ongoing social achievement.

Repeat Policy:
Course may only be taken once for credit


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