POSCI 37 — Transformative Social Change and Futures Studies
Introduction to alternative futures studies as a field of study; Social scientific, theoretical, and philosophical approaches to studying how past and present images of the future influence human action; Exploration of contemporary socio-political dilemmas faced by political communities and individuals with respect to war, peace, and international conflicts; Includes questions of human nature, political economy, morality, genocide, terrorism, ethnic/religious violence, and alternatives to conflicts.