INTS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fordism, Economic Surplus, Moodle
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6x questions 3 will be on exam you only answer 1. Required reading: sernau, war: states of terror , in introduction to international studies. Why we fight - the causes of war. The military industrial complex: capitalising war. War has a long and intriguing history and has been a prominent feature of human existence ever since the day when rival men or women decided to settle their differences by use of force. Scholars have counted just over 3000 wars from 2000 bce. Begins in the 9th century to the rise of the first absolutist states in the 16th century. Force was used to extract surplus from peasants and gain/defend territory. Begins in the 1500s to the mid-20th century; french revolution 1789. Transition to capitalism and industrialisation; fossil fuel revolution. Economic surplus is greater and extracted by contract and exchange more than force capacity to make more. Sovereign state is more full formed; private violence is no longer allowed.
