Sociology of Violence and Deviance

The Sociology of Violence and Deviance course lays the groundwork for understanding violence and deviance in the context of sociocultural influences and causes of violent and deviant behaviour. It lays the groundwork for understanding different conceptualizations of violence, key concepts, and various theories explaining deviant and violent behaviour, with a particular focus on understanding violence through the lens of cultural relativism. It lays the groundwork for understanding the differences between concepts such as benign and malignant aggression, conflict, and violence, and points to understanding violence and violent acts in the context of social action and social change through key social science theories and research on violence, with particular emphasis on contemporary sociological thematizations and research. It also discusses the relationship between bibliogistic, psychological, and sociological theories of violence.

Specific thematic areas of focus include:

-Benign and malignant aggression, conflict and violence;
-Individual, collective, structural, cultural, and symbolic violence;
-Violence and power;
-Violence and gender, with special attention to violence and masculinity;
-Relativization of violence in different cultural practises;
-Normalisation and problematization of violence in different social contexts.

All topics will be specifically addressed in relation to racism, homophobia, misogyny, mass killings, domestic violence, elder abuse, violence against women, peer violence, violence against children, cyber violence, hate speech, etc.

To better integrate the content, the students will also visit four institutions that deal with violent people and victims of violence to give them an insight into these issues by working on site.

Each year we will visit four institutions: a prison, the Museum of Crime in Tacen, a correctional facility and one of the following non-governmental organizations (Društvo za nenailsno komunikacijo, Društvo SOS Telefon in Združenje za Moč).

Izbrana poglavja iz / Selected chapters from:

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Basic literature will be renewed with new relevant texts available, each time.