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Nature's Influence in International Relations and Society Evolution

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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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