SOC 275: Political Imprisonment at John Jay College
3 credits · Fall 2026
Political Imprisonment (SOC 275) at John Jay College has 1 way to take it in Fall 2026. 0 of 1 section have an open seat right now.
The professor is: Lucia Trimbur.
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Requirements
Prerequisite: ENG 101 + SOC/ICJ 101
About this course
Political Imprisonment asks what forcible confinement means in modern society and what its historical and contemporary forms, such as the prison, the death camp, quarantine, the gulag, the refugee camp, the boarding school, and forced relocation can tell us about the tensions between individual rights and governmental control. The course uses case studies from countries such as the United States, Kenya, Egypt, Australia, Germany, Palestine, and Sudan to examine how states have interned individuals living within their borders and the political, social, and economic conditions that have motivated governments to so radically limit individual freedom. Ultimately this course seeks to disentangle the relationships among confinement, patriarchy, class hierarchies, and racism.
Professors for SOC 275 at John Jay, Fall 2026
- Lucia TrimburChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?
1 section · 0 open · ★ 4.8 (30) · difficulty 2.0/5 · 91% would take again
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SOC 275 sections, times and seats
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Questions about SOC 275 at John Jay
- Who teaches SOC 275 at John Jay in Fall 2026?
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