Making swords into plowshares
At a "Meet the Authors” lecture in Snell Library in February, two sociology professors tackled the difficult question of why people hate. Jack Levin, the Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology, and associate professor Gordana Rabrenovic-director and associate director, respectively, of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, and coauthors of the 2004 book Why We Hate-offered their analyses of a troubling aspect of human nature, and suggested practical methods for creating a more peaceful world.