POLITICS 709
Political Extremism
Please note: this is archived course information from 2021 for POLITICS 709.
Description
Considers the political context behind a range of forms of modern extremism, including fascism and other forms of dictatorship, genocide, the persecution of minorities, far-right white nationalism and religious and political terrorism.
Investigate cases such as the Nazi regime; Stalin’s Soviet Union; the Cambodian, Indonesian and other genocides; al Qaeda; Islamic State / ISIS; far right terrorism and neo-Nazis so as to identify common pathways to extremism.
Assessment
Coursework
Availability 2021
Not offered in 2021; planned for 2022
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Points
POLITICS 709: 15 points