POL208Y5 Midterm: POL208 TEST REVIEW

• School: UTM
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL208Y5
• Professor: Spyridon Kotsovilis

Document Summary

Thucydides; ancient greek historian of the peloponnesian war. His explanation of the war in terms of rising power and the threat it caused makes him the earliest proponent of classical realism. Peace treaties signed after the 30 years war. End of religious authority, dawn of secular states. There are (cid:374)o (cid:272)o(cid:374)strai(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. States will endeavor to destroy or subdue one another. Influenced by peace treaty between prussia and france. Opti(cid:373)isti(cid:272) that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:449)ill e(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e fro(cid:373) the state of (cid:374)ature to a high state of (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374) this evolution is history. Resulted in the creation of the un. Not an actual war, but caused proxy wars: Modernization has led to people committing to religion. Occurred in the fragmented lands of the holy roman empire. Says that (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e rea(cid:272)hed the e(cid:374)d poi(cid:374)t of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ki(cid:374)d(cid:859)s ideologi(cid:272)al e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374); that li(cid:271)eralis(cid:373) and western liberal democracies are the final form of human belief and government.