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HIS 5113: American Assassins (3 cr.)

This seminar examines political murder and

murderers in the United States from the

assassination of President Abraham Lincoln to the

domestic terrorism of the Unabomber. Sociological,

psychoanalytical, and psychiatric perspectives on

the motivations and personality "types" of

American political killers, as well as their own

moral and political justifications, regrets, or

denials of their actions, will be considered. A

central focus of this course will be on

understanding law enforcement, judicial, and

legislative responses to political killing.

Perspectives on the roles of government agencies

and corporate power in political murder and the

growth of a popular "conspiracy industry" will

also be considered. Manifestations of domestic

political homicide in modern American fiction,

visual art, and music will be included.

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