#34 Azar Gat: War and Terrorism, from the Hunter-Gatherers to the Long Peace

The Dissenter - A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Azar Gat is the Ezer Weizman Professor of National Security and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, in Israel. He is the founder and head of the University's Executive Master’s Program in Diplomacy and Security. He’s also the author of books like A History of Military Thought, War in Human Civilization, and Nations.  Here, we talk about the evolutionary underpinnings of war in human society; the history and evolution of war, and how war manifests itself in pre-state and state societies, in hunter-gatherer, pastoralist, and agricultural societies; the influence of nationalism and religion; the Long Peace and the New Peace; the deterrence role of nuclear weapons; historical trends in war; the possible reasons for the obsolescence of war among the most developed countries and the great powers; the role of terrorism and terrorist attacks; and the possible future of war. -- O Dr. Azar Gat é o Ezer Weizman Professor of National Security e o Presidente do Departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade de Tel Aviv, em Israel. É o fundador e o coordenador do Executive Master’s Program in Diplomacy and Security da Universidade. E é também o autor de livros como A History of Military Thought, War in Human Civilization, e Nations. Aqui, falamos sobre as bases evolucionistas da guerra na sociedade humana; a história e evolução da guerra, e como a guerra se manifesta em sociedades pré-estatais e estatais, em sociedades de caçadores-recoletores, pastoralistas, e agrícolas; a influência do nacionalismo e da religião; a Long Peace e a New Peace; o papel de dissuasão das armas nucleares; tendências históricas da guerra; as possíveis razões para a obsolescência da guerra entre os países mais desenvolvidos e as grandes potências; o papel do terrorismo e dos ataques terroristas; e o possível futuro da guerra.  -- Follow Dr. Gat’s work: Faculty page: https://secdip.tau.ac.il/azargat Books: https://www.amazon.com/Azar-Gat/e/B001IQZAOG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1525019759&sr=1-2-ent -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g