73282 - History Of Contemporary European Society

Learning outcomes

By analysing various case studies the course provides the tools for understanding how European societies work and the transformations that changed the structure of such societies in the twentieth century, as well as the repercussions those changes had on politics. By the end of the course the student will:
-         have a thorough grasp of historical development in one or more case studies
-         be able to apply the insights gained in analysing case studies to other phenomena of the kind
-         be able to interpret changes in the structure and composition of European society
-         be able to interpret, report on, contextualise within the relevant area of debate and rationally discuss specialist essays in political and social history
-         be able to present the insights acquired during the course in broad outline as well as detail
-         be able to extend the scope of his/her expertise via methods of analysing specialist literature acquired during the course.

Course contents

Twentieth century has been considered by meny sholars as the Century of violence or of genocide. Starting from this point of view the course  has the aim to analyze the role played by violence in the development of political and social system of the XX Century.  Main focus will be on the ethnic cleansing and the genocide on one side and on the political violnce on the other The curse will be divided in  four units:

1- Historical and theoretical introduction to the problem of violence
2-  War violence against states and civilians
3- devolepment of political violence
4 . Discussion on the Concepts of ethnic cleansing and genocide

The course will be organized as a seminar

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory reading for Students attending the class
Readers will be published on ams campus before  the beginning of the course
Readings meetings 1-10
* readings given by teacher
+ readings to download from AMS CAMPUS

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25/09

1)-Charles Maier,  Il Ventesimo secolo è stato peggiore degli altri, un bilancio storico alla  fine del Novecento, in «Il Mulino» pp. 995-1011+

2) Pamela Pilbeam ,, Popular Violence in Provincial France after the 1830 Revolution, «The English Historical Review»,Vol. 91, No. 359 (Apr., 1976), pp. 278-297+

 

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26/09

3)S. Cavazza, Dimensione massa, Bologna, Il Mulino 2004,  cap. II *

 4) Lawrence Stone, Interpersonal Violence in English Society 1300-1980, «Past & Present», n. 101 (Nov., 1983), pp. 22-33+

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2/10

 

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5) Cavazza, Dimensione massa, Bologna, Il Mulino 2004,  cap, III*

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9/10

6) Edgar Jones The Psychology of Killing: The Combat Experience of British Soldiers during the First World War « Journal of Contemporary History»   Vol 41(2), 229–246.+

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10/10

 7) A. Kramer, Dynamics of destruction, Oxford 2007 pagine indicate a lezione*

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16/10

8) B. Bruneteau, Il secolo dei genocidi, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 65-90*

+ G. Lewy, Il massacro degli armeni, Torino, Einaudi,  2006 pp.319-353*

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17/10

 9) O. Janz e L. Klinkhammer (a cura di), La morte per la patria, Donzelli, pagine indicate a lezione*

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23/10

10) Robert Gerwarth and  John Horne,  Vectors of Violence: Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War, 1917–1923. The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 83, No. 3 (September 2011), pp. 489-512+

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11) Julia Eichenberg And John Paul Newman, Introduction: Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War, in «Contemporary European History » (2010), pp.183–194+

Compulsory readings For  students not attending the class:
Studenst are required to choose one fo the following books
Norman Naimark, La politica dell'odio, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2001(ed. or. Fires of Hatred, Cambridge, Harvard Press, 2001)
Michael Mann, The Dark Side of democracy, Explainig Ethnic cleansing, Cambridge UP, 2005

In addition to the compulsory readings students are required to choose 1 book  fom the following list

G. de Luna, Il corpo del nemico. Violenze  e morte nelle guerre contemporanee, Torino, Einaudi, 2006
Bernard Bruneteau , Il secolo dei genocidi, Bologna : Il Mulino, 2008
Marcello Flores, Storia dei diritti umani , Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011
Andrzej J.Kaminski, I campi di concentramento dal 1896 a oggi. Storia, funzioni, tipologia ,Torino, Bollati-Boringhieri, 1998
Guido Panvini, Ordine nero, Guerrriglia rossa. La violenza politica negli anni Sessanta e Settanta (1966-1975), Torino, Einaudi, 2009
G. Ranzato (a cura di), le guerre fratricide, Torino, Bollati-Boringhieri, 1994
Sven Reichardt, Camicie nere, camicie brune, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010
Wolfgang Sofsky, L' ordine del terrore. Il campo di concentramento, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2004

Teaching methods

Lectures will introduce students to the different topics During the seminar students will discuss readings and analyze some case-studies.

Assessment methods

Students attending the class
Class Participation and oral presentation of one subject proposed by teacher (20%),
Essay on this subject (at least 3000 words) (50%)
Oral examination (30%): discussion on the essay's content and on course's subjects

deadline for essay's delivery:   13th January 2014 (further information on the essay will be given during the course)

Erasmus and overseas students attending classes
Erasmus and overseas students can write the essay and take the oral examination in  English, German or French. 

Students non attending the class
Oral examinaton

Erasmus and overseas students NOT attending the class
Erasmus and overseas students can take the oral examination in  English, German or French. 

Teaching tools

Videoprojector

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=stefano.cavazza%40unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cavazza