Clash Of Civilizations – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

What you'll learn
A complete overview of Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations theory.
The useful, less useful and incorrect elements of the Clash of Civilizations.
Explaining recent events in international relations and politics.
Extra tools and theories that help to explain and predict events in international relations and politics.
Being able to have an intelligent conversation about international relations and politics.
Requirements
Basic knowledge of the news is necessary, having heard of some of the conflicts in the world.
Concentration! Sometimes it can be abstract.
Description
This course gives you a complete overview of Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations theory. Your instructor will be Marco Veldman, a Dutch political scientist, teacher and writer who's master's thesis analyzed Huntington's theory. Marco will show you the useful, less useful and incorrect elements of the Clash of Civilization, starting with what a civilization is and the ten civilizations that can be seen in the world today. The last section of the course provides you with extra tools and theories that help to explain and predict events in international relations and politics. This course is meant for all those who want to be able to have an intelligent conversation about international relations and politics. And for those interested in explaining or even predicting world affairs, conflict and cooperation between countries.You will need two things to sucessfully complete this course: some basic knowledge of today's world affairs, such as having heard of some of the major conflicts in the world of today or the recent past. If you regurarly follow the news, you'll have that basic knowledge. The second thing you need is motivation to concentrate yourself. This isn't an easy going course but it will give you a lot more than just getting an understandig of the Clash of Civilizations. See you soon!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Civilizations?
Lecture 3 What are the origins of the theory?
Lecture 4 What are the characteristics of a civilization?
Lecture 5 What are Huntington's civilizations?
Section 2: The world according to Huntington
Lecture 6 What are several Conflicts between civilizations?
Lecture 7 Why would civilizations clash?
Lecture 8 What are fault lines?
Lecture 9 What are Core and member states?
Lecture 10 What are Torn and Lone countries?
Lecture 11 What is the kin country syndrome?
Section 3: Huntington the policy advisor
Lecture 12 What are the consequences of the clash of civilization?
Lecture 13 The decline of the west?
Lecture 14 Does the west really decline?
Section 4: Huntington the historian
Lecture 15 A short history lesson
Lecture 16 A longer history lesson
Lecture 17 A new pattern of conflicts?
Lecture 18 Conclusion
Section 5: Huntington the political scientist
Lecture 19 Do cultural differences lead to conflict?
Lecture 20 Perhaps there aren't any cultural differences?
Lecture 21 Does globalization lead to cultural self-consciousness?
Lecture 22 Does Western dominance and imperialism increase cultural conflicts?
Lecture 23 A disturbance in the balance of power?
Section 6: Conclusion
Lecture 24 Huntington's hypotheses one by one
Lecture 25 Conclusion
Section 7: Extra: if not civilizations, then what?
Lecture 26 Differences or similarities?
Lecture 27 Origin of barbarism
Lecture 28 A universal civilization?
Lecture 29 Not a clash of civilizations but a clash of identities?
Lecture 30 Are people and states self-interested?
Lecture 31 The war in Ukraine as a conflict with multiple causes
Lecture 32 Institutions as problem solvers?
Lecture 33 Social institutions as problem solvers?
People interested in explaining or even predicting world affairs, conflict and cooperation between countries.
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