POL101Y1 Study Guide - Steven Pinker, Human Nature, Homicide
6 Dec 2013
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War is normally thought of as state on state. Weber state: monopoly of legitimate use of violence within a given territory. What is difference between civil war and revolution. Very difficulty to make a neighbor violence on neighbor. Back story: 408e: beating back persians, athenians lead the way ( almost single handed delian league) 497 to 432bce rise of athens vs sparta. Contracts: lands vs maritime, oligarchy vs democracy, military vs commercial orientation. Reasons for war: rise in power of athens and alarm it caused in sparta and its allies. Oligarchs vs democrats each with external backers civil war and restraint. Every form of death was seen at this time; and there was nothing people would not do, and more: father killed their sons; men were dragged out of the temples You would be a bad person if you want to survive the war.
