WDW101Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Will Durant, Ariel Durant, Enemy Image
2 Feb 2018
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Why do wars recur: hobbes believed that the state of nature makes war inevitable; leviathan = Hierarchy = government: state of nature: no hierarchy, no government, no king, no consequences. How do states protect themselves in an anarchical world: power. Paul kennedy, the rise and fall of great powers: states seek relative power. Surviving progress progress trap: by pursuing progress and constantly developing new things, we unintentionally introduce problems that we do not have the resources to solve. Realists: wars recur because the international system is anarchical and all states must fight for more power than the others so as to protect themselves. Varshney: segregation causes violence, looked at example of muslims and hindus segregation (violence) / integration (cooperation) White: wars recur because of the 6 misperceptions, 1) diabolical enemy image austrians believed that the serbians were truly evil after assassinating their archduke.
