SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Cultural Universal, Wage War, World-Systems Theory
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Seems that as societies form, wars inevitably occur warfare and violent conflict appear to be a human universal, at least to some degree. Canada is an especially un-warlike nation (compared to us, forces are less equipped) and usually only go into war if pushed. Since most canadians seem to lack desire for war, stating that the wish to wage war is a human universal is unreasonable. We cannot understand warfare without understanding politics and statecraft: just as some groups are more warlike than others, some periods of history have been more warlike as well. Often begin with the social construction of a sense of threat (dangers and enemies) Depictions of the enemy follow, intended to confuse & dehumanize the enemy, easier for us to hate. War continues to have important social & health outcomes. Though it"s good for economy, it"s bad for living things (likely to get worse due to nuclear, chemical, bacterial weapons)
