Předmět Human Evolution and International Politics (MVZ450)

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Course Description: This seminar introduces social science students to evolutionary theoryand its application to major theories and topics in international politics. We discuss howevolutionary theory assists international relations theory, permits understanding of theorigins of warfare and ethnic conflict, and yields key insights for nuclear deterrence theoryand understanding of suicide terrorism in the Islamic fundamentalist context.

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Required Books:Bobbi S. Low, Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior (princeton,N.j.: Princeton University Press, 2000).Bradley A. Thayer, Darwin and International Poljtics: On the Evolutionary Origins ofWar and Ethnic Conflict (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004).Course Outline:Part One: Introduction to the Evolutionary ApproachSession One March 8: Introduction and Seminar ObjectivesSession Two March 9: What Is Evolution and How May It Be Applied to Social Science?Low, Why Sex Matters, pp. 3-56.Alan Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa, "10 Political Incorrect Truths about HumanNature," Psychology Today, Ouly/August 2007), pp. 89-95.Thayer, Darwin and International Politics, pp. 22-59.Part Two: Evolution and TheorySession Three March 10: The Application of Evolutionary Theory to International RelationsTheoriesThayer, Darwin and International Politics, pp. 60-95.Part Three: Evolution and International PoliticsSession Four March 11: Evolution and the Origins of War-lLow, Why Sex Matters, pp. 57-91, 181-244Thayer, Darwin and International Politics, pp. 96-152.Session Five March 12: Evolution and the Origins ofWar-2Thayer, Darwin and International Politjcs, pp. 153-218.Session Six March 15: Evolution and the Origins of Ethnic ConflictThayer, Darwin and International Politics, pp. 219-265.Session Seven March 16: Evolution and Nuclear DeterrenceSimon Baron-Cohen, The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male andFemale Brain (New York: Basic Books, 2003), pp. 1-20, 29-60, 69-84, 117-154.Bradley A. Thayer "Thinking about Nuclear Deterrence," Comparative Strategy, Vol.26, No.4 Ouly-September 2007), pp. 311-323.Session Eight March 17: Evolution and Islamic Fundamentalist TerrorismBradley A. Thayer and Valerie Hudson, ""Suicide Terrorism in the Islamic Context:Insights from the Life Sciences on the Importance of Sex and Marriage Markets,"International Security, Vol. 34, No.4 (Spring 2010, forthcoming).Session Nine March 18: ConclusionsNo assigned reading.Session Ten March 19: Papers Due and Final Examination

Garant

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Bradley Thayer, Ph.D.PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.