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AMER-ST 410
The American Conception Of Evil: Historical And Cultural Contexts
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This interdisciplinary course may focus on time periods in American history where the concept of evil has played a crucial role in determining public attitudes and policy, as well as the Western European roots of those attitudes. The course may focus on several broad time periods and topics: Western Europe before Columbus and during the initial years of contact between Europeans and Native Americans; Puritan New England, including the Salem witch trials; indentured servitude and slavery among Africans and other racial minorities; the Progressive Era; World War II, especially the experiences of American liberators of the conentration camps, the Japanese American internment experience, and the decision to use the atomic bomb; and Post WWII, especially the Cold War, the Vietnam War, 9/11, and contemporary hate groups.
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