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DETERMINISM VS. NIHILISM

DETERMINISM VS. NIHILISM. AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Please make notes!. DETERMINISM. The Earliest Idea on the role of the nature Aristotle Hippocrate Montesquieu Mercantilism, Physiocrats Military stategists Human life and interaction of states determined by nation. Nihilism.

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DETERMINISM VS. NIHILISM

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  1. DETERMINISM VS. NIHILISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Please make notes!

  2. DETERMINISM • The Earliest Idea on the role of the nature • Aristotle • Hippocrate • Montesquieu • Mercantilism, Physiocrats • Military stategists • Human life and interaction of states determined by nation

  3. Nihilism • Late, modern idea • The human society, economy can be free from the pressure of nature • Exlporers, • ‘Heroes’ • Ideologies, modernisation • Determinism and Nihilism on the Dutch example.

  4. Absolute vs Relative Dependency • Absolute dependency: serious questions of living, surviving, but less importance today • Relative dependency: small details, increasing importance today • Example of relative dependency: the importance of air

  5. Earlyer: To dry Energy (wind, sun) +Today: Elements, gas Transmission of messages, (mass)communication Transport Info gathering +spy Pollution emission Warfare Clean air as input of economy with value Etc. How we depend on air?

  6. Nation Determined by Nature • National symbols • Coat of arms, anthem • Famous animals, nature, vegetation • Food • Argiculture • Natural Resources • Foreign Trade • Borders, neighbours • Defence, Warfare • Life style, jobs

  7. Possibilism • One can not overestimate the importance of the nature • One can not underestimate it • Key areas nowadays: • International trade • Environmental protection • Economy (your heating bill, energy) • Risks (earthquakes, tsunami, etc.)

  8. Homework (for All) • Upside down: • How the International Relations and Politics determined your life and your environment: • Collect examples of politically influenced names of your life (school’s name, streets, institutes, statues, monuments, parades, celebrations, holidays, town names, military zones, heroes etc.)

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