Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Osama Bin Laden, Hedley Bull, Hans Morgenthau
14 Apr 2016
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Often linked to the idea of what actually is going on. Note: these thinkers, according to realists, are the first realists, but there is considerable disagreement about this. Realists are generally holding the ground that ancient thinkers hold their beliefs. Power was something that was relative and comparative to ancient thinkers. Whether the person next to you had more power than you, did a kingdom had more than you: political unit. They were thinking about things that aren"t considered states today: territory. In the ancient thinking, to delineate and control territory by a single ruler. The idea that having only one political authority was central, not like today where there can be many. More of a horizontal network back then, where today is more a pyramid. Sun-tzu: modern china, 2500 years ago. Nigmendra narain, political science 2231: intro to i. r. , 2015-16: page 1 of 7: strong.
