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Nation; Nation-state; State; Cultural political boundary; Nationalism; Sovereignty; Human Territoriality.
The objective of the course is to analyze 20th century geopolitical thought as a component of contemporary political philosophy. The course will survey major Western geopolitical thinkers, including: Mackinder, Haushofer, Kennan, Kissinger and Huntington. Alternative and opposing geopolitical discourses (Soviet, Third-worldist, Islamist, Environmentalist and anti-capitalist) will also be studied. The role of geopolitical ideologies in International Relations and strategic policy-making will be analyzed. The course is based on primary sources and involves bibliographic research.
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JC319; JZ1251