Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bonobo, Hard Power
3 Oct 2016
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Political science politics, power, authority the decline of violence steven pinkers thesis. Since 1960, war deaths have decreased from about 500,000 to about 30,000. Prehistoric humans had a 15% chance of dying from another human. Globalization: why kill other nations which can start tension with other nations, when you can trade and bene t from them. Empathy: we are able to understand and have knowledge on the suffering of other people politics: some examples. Who gets what, when, and how? politics isn"t included with just humans primates. A biological order that includes, humans, monkeys, apes. Apes are political too who gets what, when, how? chimps are political. Erotic and egalitarian recent study: current biology 2008. They hunt and eat monkeys what is politics the elements of politics. Aristotle"s two questions in whose interests: who rules?-one, few, many. Power can take several forms forms of power. Coercion:engaging in force or violence if you don"t comply.
