POLS 3255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Liberal Democracy, Cultural Imperialism, September 11 Attacks
30 May 2017
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Post 1945 human rights project dominated by natural rights school . Cold war- emphasizes western human rights vs. eastern despotic regimes (totalitarianism). Cultural relativism was seen as a distraction, but gained more importance after ww2, but universal rights was the main goal which was getting sidelined. Cold war was between ussr (allies) and us (nato) (defense treaty) Proxy war was seen as a victory for. According to frances fukuyama, ideological battle is over. Samuel huntington wrote new post cold war would have a new conflict, conflict of identity/culture, it will divide people and lead to new conflict. Western superiority was the main issue, and religion split. After the 9/11 attacks, this ideology has sprung back up, west vs. islam. Some cultures are rendered subordinate to others and that encounters between cultures are never on equal terms. Some cultures are superior over other cultures, link to colonialism (western. European empires spreading across the globe and taking over their territories).
