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