This introductory course presents a survey of theoretical, conceptual, and practical approaches to the study of social justice, as well as the study of socio-political systems from a justice-centric framework. Students will have the...
moreThis introductory course presents a survey of theoretical, conceptual, and practical approaches to the study of social justice, as well as the study of socio-political systems from a justice-centric framework. Students will have the opportunity to focus on issues both historical and contemporary, and through both ‘traditional’ and ‘alternative’ lenses. The course seeks to critically address a range of topics providing students with a variety of perspectives—for example Marxist, poststructuralist, pacifist, anti-colonial—in order to build their understanding of an inter-disciplinary field. Students will be challenged to interpret issues of social inequality, oppression, and structural violence at numerous levels; from the interpersonal, to the local, and outward towards international conflict. An array of readings will make up the course including scholarly articles, philosophical texts, political texts, primary source documents from perpetrators and survivors of violence, and film.
