Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ali Mazrui, Moral Agency, Cyberwarfare

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Logocentrism systemic study to find truth: science (sense and study) does not explain all reality. Discourse = language and ideas in material reality: shapes (limits) what and how we can discuss. Balance of power (idea): army -> navy -> nukes: computers (material): cyber warfare, satellites, drones. Deconstruction = language is used to constructed signs (represents: signs = signified and signifier, dichotomies: constructions of superior/ inferior. Euro(cid:272)e(cid:374)tris(cid:373) = (cid:449)est(cid:859)s is (cid:271)est: knowledge, ideas, etc. Genealogy: what political practices created present, what events/ people were marginalized or supressed? (why?, meta narratives: universal, trans historical stories. Shows the rational consequences of modernity (not deviation) Eurocentrism: anti-semitism = truth of euro and n am = not euros, not christians. Scientific detachment from the suffering of inferiors, like pigs, dogs, jews, gays etc. rational = catalogue, measure, categorize