POL108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Long Nineteenth Century, Theocracy, Meritocracy
22 Aug 2018
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The ancient greeks: politics derives from ancient greek (polis) = city, city-states (polis) existed ca. Critics/downsides of politics: rule by some, sufferance of others, restricted democracy, slavery, violence. Founder of international relations (intra-greek war that he was writing; a con ict between two people of the same nation) Pol108: civilisation (compared to barbarians, application or threat of force present, rebellion opposed with application of law or military capacity, not really a voluntary side of politics, for a while rome was hegemonic, hegemony hegemonia. Entity that exerts such power over (all) others a superpower". Varying degrees of cohesion gained by military, economic, technological, intellectual capacity. Other empires: assyrians, sumerians, egyptians, persians, china and india, mongol. Biggest empire far eastern asia to centre of europe. Late 13th c: caliphate, africa, japan. Also has a legal monopoly on the use of force only the state can do it legally.
