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These are my full lecture notes for Political Violence and the Human Condition at the VU, and they helped me a lot throughout the course. I ended up with an 8.5 for the final assignment.They cover everything, from Arendt’s banality of evil and Milgram’s obedience studies, to the role of ideology, group dynamics, and intergenerational trauma. You’ll also find detailed notes on major case studies like Rwanda, Srebrenica, the Khmer Rouge, and the My Lai Massacre, along with frameworks like tr...

This is the full assignment set I submitted for Political Violence and the Human Condition at the VU, which got me an 8.5. It includes two polished essays: one on intergenerational trauma in a refugee family using Berckmoes’ framework, and another analysing the Islamic State’s ideology through Sykes and Matza’s neutralisation techniques. Each essay is grounded in real case studies and packed with theory, citations, and academic analysis. Super useful if you’re working on your own assignm...