International relations or politics are a dynamic discipline within politics. It concentrates upon the understanding or explanation of conflict and power between nations or countries. It is of course highly relevant t...International relations or politics are a dynamic discipline within politics. It concentrates upon the understanding or explanation of conflict and power between nations or countries. It is of course highly relevant today with much warfare or threats thereof. One central theory is the so-called realism or neorealism. Its foremost representative today is Professor Mearsheimer. Professor John Mearsheimer has put several of his well-known lectures on YouTube. In these he spells out how he looks upon international politics today through a neorealist approach. Very much worth listening to, we must though question consistency in his message.展开更多
In the novel,A Passage to India,E.M.Foster showed the failure of Mrs.Moore and Adela Quested to build intimate“personal relations”with the natives in India under the imperial and colonial rule of Britain.As colonist...In the novel,A Passage to India,E.M.Foster showed the failure of Mrs.Moore and Adela Quested to build intimate“personal relations”with the natives in India under the imperial and colonial rule of Britain.As colonists,the British rationalized and strengthened the racial separation and the prejudice and stereotypes against Indians to secure their superior status,while the national conflicts aroused the national awareness among Indian people.Under the adverse political pressure,Mrs.Moore and Adela were not strong enough to hold their grounds but only retreated.展开更多
文摘International relations or politics are a dynamic discipline within politics. It concentrates upon the understanding or explanation of conflict and power between nations or countries. It is of course highly relevant today with much warfare or threats thereof. One central theory is the so-called realism or neorealism. Its foremost representative today is Professor Mearsheimer. Professor John Mearsheimer has put several of his well-known lectures on YouTube. In these he spells out how he looks upon international politics today through a neorealist approach. Very much worth listening to, we must though question consistency in his message.
文摘In the novel,A Passage to India,E.M.Foster showed the failure of Mrs.Moore and Adela Quested to build intimate“personal relations”with the natives in India under the imperial and colonial rule of Britain.As colonists,the British rationalized and strengthened the racial separation and the prejudice and stereotypes against Indians to secure their superior status,while the national conflicts aroused the national awareness among Indian people.Under the adverse political pressure,Mrs.Moore and Adela were not strong enough to hold their grounds but only retreated.
