I. What was the Paris Peace Conference of 1919?
Watch a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShRA8HRMR4Q
Read the basics: www.answers.com/topic/paris-peace-conference-1919
II. What were "The Fourteen Points"?
Watch a Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_kArkornN4
Read the basics: www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/215178/Fourteen-Points
III. What was the "Treaty of Versailles"?
Watch a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzZ1OwPXgk&feature=fvst
Read the basics: http://www.colby.edu/personal/r/rmscheck/GermanyD1.html
IV. Compare "The Fourteen Points" with the "Treaty of Versailles". Which is more idealistic? Which is more punitive?
Showing posts with label World Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Wars. Show all posts
Friday, March 04, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
A Modest Proposal: World Wars and Human Rights
As I began preparing for class this evening, I began reflecting on the question I had posed in the syllabus: "What impedes nations from fully implementing human rights?" I became dissatisfied with the question though, because 1) it's a damn hard question, and 2) I don't think we have the resources to answer it yet, not in any meaningful way.
Consequentially, I began to reflect on why I asked the question in the first place: I wanted to draw your attention to the World Wars, their cause, their devastation, their effects. Most particularly, I wanted to make you aware of the language of human rights that emerged after the second World War in a document that was accepted by most nations called The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can read it here:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
So what do the World Wars have to do with Human Rights, and my question, after all? I consider now that I have a modest thesis to propose to you, and this will be the basis of our discussion in class on Wednesday.
In what ways are the causes of the Great Wars similar, or parallel to the causes of why nations fail to fully implement human rights?
I am thinking of such notions as the balance of power, the rivalry of imitation and competition, and the ignorance of historical thinking in political action. Now I am even more curious how you will answer this questions than before:
What impedes nations from fully implementing human rights?
Consequentially, I began to reflect on why I asked the question in the first place: I wanted to draw your attention to the World Wars, their cause, their devastation, their effects. Most particularly, I wanted to make you aware of the language of human rights that emerged after the second World War in a document that was accepted by most nations called The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can read it here:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
So what do the World Wars have to do with Human Rights, and my question, after all? I consider now that I have a modest thesis to propose to you, and this will be the basis of our discussion in class on Wednesday.
In what ways are the causes of the Great Wars similar, or parallel to the causes of why nations fail to fully implement human rights?
I am thinking of such notions as the balance of power, the rivalry of imitation and competition, and the ignorance of historical thinking in political action. Now I am even more curious how you will answer this questions than before:
What impedes nations from fully implementing human rights?
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