PHL 3011 Genocide
One of the quips with which philosophy professors can and should respond to what has become the unavoidable question at parties, in the classroom, or on trains, "what does one do with philosophy?" is "cause mayhem." No one can understand the unimaginable amount of blood spilt throughout the Twentieth Century and in most corners of the globe without referring to philosophers. The Twentieth Century was the playground of Nineteenth Century philosophy. This is not just true because the thought of one century often guides the events of the following century. The specific concerns of Nineteenth Century philosophy made its influence on the unfolding of the Twentieth Century overwhelming.