POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iranian Revolution, The Main Point, Quran
21 Oct 2016
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What order there is derives in part from the existence of an international society, and a common fear of unrestricted violence. A common culture can assist the degree of communication and mutual understanding required for common rules and institutions to emerge. Criticism against such notions include that such international societies may just as well legitimize and perpetuate oppressive and exploitative orders. The main point, however, is to explain the fundamental logics and structure of international order (whatever its moral implication) Elements of international society may be found from the time of the first organized human communities. The peace of westphalia is considered the key event ushering in a contemporary international system. The peace represents the first formal acceptance of sovereign equality for a large number of states nations to become proper sovereign states powers was brought to an end after the end of ww1. A consequence of this was that empires were seen as denying the right of.
