COR 3440 Nazism and the Question of Individual Responsibility
Imagine your government has committed an immoral or unethical act: murder, unjustified war, violation of human rights. To what degree does that act define you, as a member of your country? What is (or should have been) your responsibility before, during and after? These questions were posed with particular urgency in the wake of Nazism and the Holocaust and continue to be relevant today. In this course, we will examine how authors, playwrights, filmmakers, political theorists, historians, and other thinkers have struggled to understand and portray Holocaust perpetrators and the normal, everyday German citizens who lived alongside them. We will then examine how these thinkers’ portrayals might lead to new ways of thinking about our own roles as active, engaged citizens. The interdisciplinary focus makes this course suitable for students in all majors. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.
Prerequisite
Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.
Course Types
Core Integrative Seminar