Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Flanaess, International Relations, Billiard Ball
5 Nov 2016
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Ancient thinkers: claim to tradition: linked with past thinkers, gives approach continuity, salience, depth, etc, who are they? , what ideas from them do realist lay claim to? . Ancient thinkers: commonalities: power: relative & comparative. Our relations to others: political unit: kingdoms, city-states, empires, territory: single ruler controlling territory (creating borders) Areas that are surrounding the kingdom: mirror: writing to leaders -> learned from my teaching -> become a great leader -> build a great kingdom (state) Snow white"s mirror speaking to the leader. Sun-tzu: modern china, ~2500 years ago, strong warrior-leaders, (he said that the leaders should be ) But not just brute force: (wars should be like ) Only fight if you are going to win . Thucydides: modern greece, ~2400 years ago, peloponnesian war: athens vs. sparta, security dilemma develops. Fells insecure: engages in a war. That"s the dilemma: relational analysis: distribution of power between actors in as system.
