Course Details

Country: Italy
Course Title: Sociology of terrorism
Course Number: T060
Course Description: Radicalization leading to terrorism and political violence; doing ethnography within violent groups; micro-sociology of violence. The everyday life in a fascist militia. How to make direct contact with violent people in order to conduct an ethnographic research. Talking about his own experience, Professor Alessandro Orsini also analyzes the psychological costs that the sociologist must pay when he interacts with men and women who, in addition to proudly claiming credit for the homicides they have committed, affirm the importance of continuing to kill in order to salvage humanity’s future.
Language: English
Approved Equivalent: SOCI 326, GOVT 444
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