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War, Violence, and the Social

Darius. War, Violence, and the Social. Alexander. Alexander the Great Confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issus, 333 BC.

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War, Violence, and the Social

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  1. Darius War, Violence, and the Social Alexander Alexander the Great Confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issus, 333 BC

  2. For the right to be free... We pay the wages of warFor our dreams and ideals... All that's worth fighting forFor Honor and Duty... Nations we will defendSecuring our safety and peace... We fight to the end As allies we stand, in far away landsHeeding the battle cryWe pay the price, with great sacrificeThe fuel of freedoms' fire As allies we stand... in hostile landsSo the masses can be freeWe pay the price... with great sacrificeThat's the way it has to be Together we fight... (For the blood of the nations)Warriors on demandWe kill and we die... (For the blood of the nations)It's a noble cause... And the blood is on their hands Together we fight... (For the blood of the nations)We are brothers hand in handWe kill and we die... (For the blood of the nations)Cos' war is hellWe pay with our lives... (For the blood of the nations)Cos' freedom isn't freeWe bleed and we cry... (for the blood of the nations)A Soldier's Lot... And here we'll make our stand We leave behind our homes... to ensure our way of lifeTo avenge our brothers murders... and stand up for what is rightFor our countries and our future... our legions carry onA war against the terror... that we did not bring upon

  3. BELL-RINGER • Greek historian Polybius once wrote, “Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.” What did Polybius mean? Do you agree or disagree with his views?

  4. The human relationship with violence and war is complex and contradictory. One the one hand there is a near universal condemning of violent acts through moral contempt of harming fellow humans. • In addition, legal systems around the world condemn violent acts and the harming of fellow humans. • On the other hand, popular culture elements are flooded with images and instruments of violence (books, television, etc.). • Human nature has been studied/philosophized for many centuries, but we may look to the thinkers of the Enlightenment for some guidance. • Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes basically argued that, underneath man’s surface of civilized manners lays some kind of beast that awaits the first opportunity to inflict injury on its fellow humans.

  5. C’mon! How many of you are fans?

  6. Your “state of nature” is a war of every man against every man, breh! Hobbes & Machiavelli Kant & Rousseau Sorry, bud, people are good by nature!

  7. This highly popular understanding of man was countered by others like Rousseau and Kant who believed that man was essentially peaceful, reasoned, and compassionate and cooperative who became violent under the influences of “social ills” like greed, class divisions, etc. • Those who are interested in studying the human relationship/dynamic with war are not necessarily concerned with our biological and psychological reflexes—these people believe that human violence is deeply social in character. • Warfare is inevitably a social event as any successful violent actions require organization, coordination, a hierarchy, and the giving out of tasks to be completed. • Humans fight and slaughter best when in the presence of others, whether it be to impress, to please, to profit, etc. • Warfare, at its base level, involves two major ingredients: 1) a complex organizational capacity and 2) an ideology that makes it seem legitimate or lawful.

  8. In the first ingredient, it points to the fact that our societies have developed complex bureaucracies that demand our compliance and can coerce us into action. • In the second ingredient, our social organizations (schools, churches, police, military, etc.) circulate and give character/meaning to the ideological message that warfare is just and defensible. • Can anyone explain how they have seen these two “ingredients” in action or how they have worked in relation to wars we have been involved in?

  9. The Progression of Warfare Ancient Greek Warfare. Athenian Army defeated in Sicily.

  10. Get Medieval! Battle of Poitiers between England and France during the Hundred Years’ War

  11. Waterloo. England and France…fighting…again.

  12. The scene at Gettysburg, 1863.

  13. The Great War

  14. WWII US Marines in Okinawa Battle of the Bulge

  15. Dawn of the nuclear age The dropping of one of the atomic bombs at Nagasaki, Japan

  16. Operation “Rolling Thunder” in action Vietnam

  17. Present Day--Afghanistan Drones—unmanned aerial vehicles that can get a lot of the dirty work done without sacrificing manpower.

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