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JSIS 203 TA: Mehmeet Kentel Eurocentric

WATCH RASHOMON (1951) o Similar Superstructure Base

Oct. 11
Patriotism Why eunuchs do not serve in administrations any more? Empire you have large spaces you need someone who concentrates your power at the center and who can distribute that power over the land o Eunuchs serve the leader by loyally Bureaucratic Army o Legal rational military Different divisions where the way you control any army is everyone doing their separate jobs (personal loyalty) o Patriotism Army leaders in the front and those who follow We don't have eunuchs because we don't have patriotism order anymore China Model Stable government strong government that does most of the heavy lifting Stable political order (more than anything) Critique If you let markets go, it works toward greater inequalities China is developing a more systematic/rationalized approach to deliver the Beijing model o Institutionalizing the decision making system as opposed to what existed before in the Communist period o Move to make the officials more accountable anticorruption movements o Institutional reform development of laws (legal system) Unfortunately, the gap between the legal system and the social system is still there o Reform of communism moving away from the ideology of communism China Model is to build that state and use that state to better the economy non-ideological approach Country-specific model China has created its own model

Oct. 18
Colonialism2 phases o Colonialism mercantilism o Imperialism capitalist Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations) (hates mercantilism)

Laissez faire Invisible hand Division of labor assembly line where the production is automatized Capitalism rationale vs adventure capitalism Modern states Rationalism organization Max Weber Centralization Real European domination/conquest starts in 1870s