IRG 320F Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sharia, Political Correctness

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: International Relations and Global Studies
• Course: IRG 320F
• Professor: Holmsten Stephanie

Document Summary

Political discourse: tendency to over-simplify complex issues and identities (especially in relation to national security) Conflated concepts: palestinian= terrorist, jewish israelis on one side, arab palestinians on the other. Many jews of arab descent: jewish israelis=zionist and/or opposed to increased palestinian rights. Not a disincentive to discuss issues: healthy skepticism. Does a generalization seem too neat to be true? (if yes, then it almost certainly is. : availability of reputable news sources. Nigeria, kenya, tanzania, lebanon, indonesia: government under god. Saudi arabia, kuwait, bahrain, yemen, uae, pakistan, iran, iraq: completely secular.