POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Antisemitism, Kaunas, The Civilizing Process
6 Dec 2013
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The government we choose has the right on our behalf to enforce the order with violence. Violence is at the core of the whole operation. The use of violence against your neighbor for political ends. The holocaust was not a distance bureaucratic event but a far more intimate one. War is normally thought of as state on state. Weber- state: monopoly of legitimate use of violence within a given territory. Means that the state has broken down and is unable to perform its function in regulating civilian violence. What is the difference between civil war and revolution? (sequence) Very difficult to make sense of neighbor on neighbor violence (jewish non jewish violence in canada) Backstory: 480bce: beating back persians, athenians lead the way (almost single handed- delian league) 479- 432 bce rise of athens versus sparta contrasts: land versus maritime, oligarchy versus democracy, military versus commercial orientation (athens versus sparta)
