FYSP 043 - Everyday Life in Twentieth Century European Dictatorships

FC SSCI WINT

4 credits
This class examines everyday life in totalitarian societies during the Twentieth Century. We will use a variety of sources to study how people experienced their lives in Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, and Eastern European Communism. This class will also critically examine the concept of totalitarianism itself and ask if and how comparing everyday life in these regimes enables us to understand each of them better.