AS.190.209 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Narcissism, Nuremberg Laws, Anti-Communism

• School: JHU
• Department: AS Political Science
• Course: AS.190.209
• Professor: David, Steven R

Document Summary

Realism: aim of course is to understand theory, approach that takes the world as is, not changing it in any fundamental way. Improvable, essentially lust for power causes war good, can change by. Interest will not work, need something beyond states. War is inevitable world government is not feasible or desirable. = man"s control over the minds and actions of other men . Also sees other interests in terms of maximizing (wealth, laws, morality) power: waltz structural realist, 1). Peloponnesian war: corinth (ally of sparta) potidea, corcyra (neutral, two major incidents that gave rise to peloponnesian war, basically, 1). Revolt of potidea which caused confrontation between athens and sparta: 1). Corcyra was a neutral state but founded by corinth who was ally of sparta. Epidemnus was established by corcyra, and corcyra felt threatened by their civil war. Asked athens for help in a realist, pragmatic way. Athens agreed to a defensive alliance with corcyra.