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PSIA Seminar: Hierarchy in International Relations: Regional Specifics and the Post-Soviet Space

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: A phenomenon of hierarchy in international relations not only exists in practice but also matters significantly. Empirically, a common hierarchical regional system can be defined as a regional international system composed of a single Great Power and a number of relatively small states. Structural preconditions for the sustained hierarchical pattern of interstate […]

PSIA Seminar: Rousseau, Democracy, and Moral Liberty

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: In The Social Contract (1762), Rousseau provides a justification for democracy over other forms of government. Democracy is more legitimate, he argues, because when the people are Sovereign and rule through the General Will they achieve moral liberty. Moral liberty is obedience to a law which we have given to ourselves. Having […]

PSIA Seminar: Rousseau, Democracy, and Moral Liberty

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: In The Social Contract (1762), Rousseau provides a justification for democracy over other forms of government. Democracy is more legitimate, he argues, because when the people are Sovereign and rule through the General Will they achieve moral liberty. Moral liberty is obedience to a law which we have given to ourselves. Having […]