IR 210gw Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Agnotology, Hugo Grotius, Islamism

• School: USC
• Department: International Relations
• Course: IR 210gw
• Professor: Lamy Steven

Document Summary

Machiavellian: master rules and become king of the world/gain more power. Grotian: integrate well with other countries and build community; encourage cooperation to solve global problems. A campaign against agnotology: three types of ignorance, ignorance as a native state-lack of info, ignorance as a selective choice, ignorance deliberately engineered-strategic ploy-active construct. Top three issues from perspective of a grotian (second to last page of introductory theory and analysis: political islam remains a potent force creates division between countries; poses a threat to certain societies and people of certain religions.