FYE 1220 Power & Politics through the Lens of Big History
This course will trace the development of power and politics from the beginning of time to the near future, first through the lens of evolutionary biology and then by comparing and contrasting the power relations of egalitarian communal or tribal societies of ancient times with hierarchical political systems of modern times. Other major topics of this course include an analysis of war and peace, or violence and non-violence, throughout human history, as well as the human battle over natural resources which is at the core of all political systems. Prerequisite:
FYE 1001 or
FYE 2000.