EdX Course on The History of Violence

A History of Violence: From the Middle Ages to Modern Times

The course examine the origins, changing nature, uses, and attitudes towards human violence in western history.

What is violence? What do we mean by it? Is it innate or learned? Are we becoming more or less violent? These are all questions that we will ask throughout this course. A History of Violence will examine the different types of violence that humans have practiced over the centuries, put them into historical context, and try to understand why those different forms of violence are used at particular times, and not others; why some kinds of violence are accepted in some parts of the world but not others?

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Enrollment for verified certificates closes on 12/05/2017.