Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of North Georgia/History of Torture (Fall 2013)/Course description

This is a seminar course on that is an intellectual history of torture as idea, and its history as a practice. Though early modern Europe, 1500-1800, CE, provides the chronological anchor, this seminar examines torture in medieval and modern historical contexts as well. Among the questions to consider are what torture was and was not, as well as what it is and is not. How and why did past societies use torture? Why does it persist? How was, and is, torture legitimized by governments, by religions, by societies? Our shared historical past is replete with examples of torture to examine, and neighboring disciplines including law, philosophy, religion, political theory, and art will also complement and inform this inquiry.

([ Click to return to your main course page and continue.])