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Nationalism and the Marketplace of IdeasInternational Security
Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall, 1996)
, pp. 5-40 (36 pages)
Published By: The MIT Press
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International Security publishes lucid, well-documented essays on all aspects of the control and use of force, from all political viewpoints. Its articles cover contemporary policy issues, and probe historical and theoretical questions behind them. Essays in International Security have defined the debate on American national security policy and have set the agenda for scholarship on international security affairs. Readers of International Security discover new developments in: the causes and prevention of war ethnic conflict and peacekeeping post-Cold War security problems European, Asian, and regional security nuclear forces and strategy arms control and weapons proliferation post-Soviet security issues diplomatic and military history
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Among the largest university presses in the world, The MIT Press publishes over 200 new books each year along with 30 journals in the arts and humanities, economics, international affairs, history, political science, science and technology along with other disciplines. We were among the first university presses to offer titles electronically and we continue to adopt technologies that allow us to better support the scholarly mission and disseminate our content widely. The Press's enthusiasm for innovation is reflected in our continuing exploration of this frontier. Since the late 1960s, we have experimented with generation after generation of electronic publishing tools. Through our commitment to new products—whether digital journals or entirely new forms of communication—we have continued to look for the most efficient and effective means to serve our readership. Our readers have come to expect excellence from our products, and they can count on us to maintain a commitment to producing rigorous and innovative information products in whatever forms the future of publishing may bring.
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CS UCSP 11.
CHAPTER 1: IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
Identity – distinctive characteristics that defines an individual or is shared by those belonging to a
particular group.
-can be influenced by sexual orientation, gender, or nationality
-can be changed over the course of a person’s lifetime
Culture – society’s way of life
-it allows people to understand themselves in relation to others and provides them lens
through which they base what is considered the “right way” of doing things
Society – a group of people living in a community
-web of social relationship, which is always changing (Maclver and Page)
Social, Cultural, and Political Change
Suffrage – right to vote
Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science
Social Sciences – the disciplines under which identity, culture, society, and politics are studies
collectively
Anthropology – systematic study of the biological, cultural, and social aspects of men.
- from anthropos – man and logos – study
- origin and development of man; humanistic study of species
Social Anthropology – studies how social patterns and practices and cultural
variation develop across different societies.
Cultural Anthropology – studies cultural variations across societies and examines
the need to understand each culture in its own context.
Linguistic Anthropology – studies language and discourse and how they reflect and
shape different aspects of human society and culture.
Biological or Physical Anthropology – studies the origins of humans as well as the
interplay between social factors and the processes of
human evolution, adaptation, and variation overtime.
Archaeology – deals with prehistoric societies by studying their tools and environment
Anthropologists:
1.Franz Boas
2. Alfred Koeber
3.Clifford Geeits
4.Margaret Mead
Race – physical and biological characteristics
Ethnic Group – cultural factors
Sociology – the study of human social life, groups, and society (Anthony Giddens)
- scientific study of human interaction and the products of such interaction
- social action (Max Weber)
Sociologists:
1.Herbert Spencer
2.Emile Durkheim
3.Karl Marx
4.Max Weber
5.August Comte