LESSON 03 OUTLINE

• Introduction
• Lesson Objectives
• Activities
• Geopolitics of Global Dangers
• Anti-Geopolitics
• Huntington's "The Clash of Civilization"
• Said's "The Clash of Ignorance"
• Said on Orientalism
• Reflection Paper Instructions
• Summary and Final Tasks

Lesson 03: Contemporary Thought

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the opposing ideas of Huntington's "The Clash of Civilization" and Said's "The Clash of Ignorance" (and Said's other orientalist thinking) in the context of the "Long War" (aka the Global War on Terrorism).
   
• Discuss new threats such as bioterrorism and environmental degradation and the geopolitical discourses that arise in reaction.
   
• Explain the range of ideas and provide examples of "Anti-Geopolitics."
   
• Select an anti-geopolitics discourse and apply it to the "Long War" to formulate an alternative viewpoint.