War and Modern Society I drafted
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Program Overview
This is a credit bearing course but can also be taken
as
a non-credit bearing course
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.War is one of the oldest features of social life and one whose recurrence seems to endure in spite of all the political, social and cultural transformations it has traversed. Yet war is simultaneously never quite the same since its various manifestations are conditioned by the characteristics of the societies that wage it. In particular, we appear to live in a moment in which many of the conventional definitions and understandings of what counts as war are being challenged by the various manifestations of organised violence present in our contemporary world.
On this War and Modern Society short course we aim to go beyond the narrow confines of strategic thought to a broad consideration of the complex relationships and dynamics which have interwoven the experience and practice of warfare to the past, present and future development of states, societies and the individuals who inhabit them.
By the end of this course, you will have a deeper understanding of the role of armed conflict in the modern world than that provided by traditional accounts of great battles and military leaders, as well as the tools to analyse the multi-faceted manifestations of war today.
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Assessment is via a 2500-word essay (90%) and seminar participation (10%).
15 credits at level 6