National ethnology / anthropology - culture and violence

Pre-requisites: There are no specific prerequisites for attendance.

Course objectives: The subject aims to acquaint students with the cultural dimension of violence and violent crime. In this regard, they will be introduced to fundamental research concepts, problems and methods for the illumination of the association in between violence and culture.

Course description: Definition of terms "culture", "violence", "crime" and related glossary terms - Classification of violent actions, their causes and factors, and social response to violent behavior - Previous theoretical approaches to the study of violence - Anthropological approach to the study of violence - Methods of collection and processing of scientific data related to violence

Learning Outcomes: The acquisition of fundamental knowledge and skills for independent research and interpretation of violence in the anthropological key.

Literature/Reading:

• Žirar, R., Nasilje i sveto, KZNS, Novi Sad 1990.
• Klastr, P., Arheologija nasilja, SKCNS, Novi Sad 2004.
• Ignjatović, Đorđe, Kriminologija, šesto izmenjeno i dopunjeno izdanje, Službeni glasnik, Beograd 2005.
• Vilson, Kolin, Psihologija ubistva, Gradina, Niš 1990.
• Hofman, Brus, Unutrašnji terorizam, Narodna knjiga-ALFA, Beograd 2000.
• Čolović, I., 1990., Smrt Ljube Zemunca ili paradoks o zaštitniku, u GEI SANU XXXIX, Beograd, 61-71.
• Đurić, S. S., Osveta i kazna: Sociološko istraživanje krvne osvete na Kosovu i Metohiji, Prosveta 1998.
• P.Hillyard and others (eds.), Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously, Pluto Press, London 2004, 56.
• Nedeljković, S. 2011. Kultura i nasilje: pojmovi i paradigme. Kruševac. Baštinik.