POLD09H3 Lecture Notes - Neocolonialism, Collective Security, Security Dilemma
15 Oct 2012
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Is it still around: marxism as a governing philosophy. Communism; parties/govts; a way to govern a country: philosophy of history teleological history (progressing to a specific end point; economic systems) from agrarian, to industrial, to post industrial, to socialist utopia, model of political ir. More historical than realism (greeks), neoliberalism (renaissance), which are old but ahistoric (same dynamics apply to greek city states, as to contemporary war) Marxism takes time and history into account (though only been around since. Answer to almost all questions about constructivism is: it depends! Actors are always socially motivated and that happen regardless of time, but context is historical. Has an ahistoric understanding of social construction, but relationships that develop through it is only understood by understanding the history. Marxism stresses the importance of unfolding of history and the means of production in the evolution of the theory. Means of production the way we make things and create wealth.
