| ANT/PSY/SOC 265 Violence and Culture DUE MONDAY 6/9 Assignment #1 Answer 2 of these questions with about a page (500 words) each (10 points each). 1. How does the definition of violence affect the study, the understanding, and the intervention of violence? What do you think is an appropriate definition of violence, and why? 2. What are the key components--psychological and social--that are conducive to violence? If you were to tell someone about what you have learned so far about violence, what would be the most surprising thing you had to tell them? What might they have a hard time believing or accepting? 3. Which theory/theories do you find most useful for understanding violence, and why? Assignment #2 DUE MONDAY 6/16 We have now seen an assortment of non-violent societies. What social-structural and/or psycho-cultural characteristics do these societies have in common? How do these characteristics foster non-violence? Which if any of these characteristics does American society have? Which if any of these characteristics would you want to introduce into American society to try to curb its violence? What methods would you use to introduce it/them? |