POLSCI 2H03 Lecture 8: Lecture 8.pdf
25 Sep 2013
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Great conflicts will be based on cultural issues. Nation states will remain the most powerful actors in global affairs. People are no longer the objects of history/colonialism. People are starting to have their own voice and shape history following the cold war. Division between 1st, 2nd, and 3d world is becoming irrelevant. Instead of grouping countries in terms of economic terms, must group them in terms of culture and civilization. Villages/regions/ethnic groups/nationalities/ethnic groups all have distinct cultures in some way. Civilization is the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest form of cultural identity. Defined by common objectives, language, history, customs, institutions, and the objective self- identification of people. Points mainly to muslims as people clashing with the west from tyranny of the majority. Shaped by interaction among 7 or 8 major civilizations. Proof that their traditions are antithetical to the basis for western ideals. E. g. , individual freedom, separation of religion from politics, protection of minorities.
