INTL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sant State, Ethnic Group, Al-Qaeda
4 Feb 2016
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Among autonomous, territorial states (now non-states are included too bc they are. Interactions across states powerful forces in the international scene) In a system with no higher govt: anarchy, toddler day care with no teacher. Dominant way of looking at a particular subject; structured patterns of inquiry and interpretation. Cautions: exaggerated forms of reality, need not explain everything, no shoulds , explains why they do what they do. A good paradigm can effectively explain and predict. Main three types of paradigms: picture the dinner club with the three couples. Guided questions: what are the different factions battling in iraq, what have been the historical motivations of each, how might each of the three major paradigms explain the current conflict in iraq? (not explained in class) The islamic split- 7th century: sunnis vs shia division starts, prophet muhammad had died, disagreed on who should be his successor, shia: wanted the prophet"s family to keep going, about familial law not bloodline,
