INTL 485 - Senior Seminar: Confronting Global Hatred

Advanced Courses Students should have at least two courses in international studies including an Introduction to International Studies, or the permission of the instructor. Drawing on several disciplines, this course confronts global hatred from three angles. The first is the hater’s internal world and looks at how human nature, genetic structure/instincts, and individual psychology may foster hatred. The second is external, exploring the role history, culture, ideology, social structure, religion, and mass psychology play. The third seeks to apply the insights gained from the first two, asking: how might we break the devastating cycles of hatred so present in our world? Alternate years. (4 Credits)