Annotation
The course focuses on three inter-related issues. First, sociology of conflict and revolutions (Coser, Dahrendorf, Ch. W. Mills, Ch. Tilly). Second, selected theories of terrorism based on empirical research (M. Juergensmeyer, R. Pape, P. Krueger etc.). Third, sociological approaches toward war (origins of war, war and gender, war ideology vs. small group cohesion etc.).
Literature:
Mark Juergensmeyer: Terror in the mind of God. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003.
Robert Pape: Dying to win. 2003.
Robert Pape: Cutting the fuse. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2010.
S. P. Huntington: Clash of civilizations, 1996.
Ralph Dahrendorf: Class and class conflict in industrial society. 1956.