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Question 1

What are shadows (of war) as explained by Nordstrom

Answer 1

Spaces beyond public scrutiny

Question 2

What does it mean to say that killing needs to be learned?

Answer 2

Killing comes from culture, not nature

Question 3

Clash of Civilizations

Answer 3

civilizations become more aware of each other

Question 4

Empirical grounds

Answer 4

most clash happens within civilizations, rather than between fault lines

Question 5

Globalization and history

Answer 5

history doesn’t determine the future

Question 6

Gusterson “7 Deadly Sins of Huntington”

Answer 6

Basic definitions of civilizations, stereotyping cultures, ignoring change
o Denying multiculturalism
o Maligning Islam

Question 7

Nordstrom shadow of war

Answer 7

o There is no local war, what is local is part of transnational flow that cuts across civilizations
o No clear cut, homogenous cultural/economic units
o Dichotomies are inaccurate” enemy/friend, illicit/licit, moral/immoral

Question 8

Political and social scales of suffering produced by 9/11

Answer 8

o	Local (NYC)
o	National (US)
o	Global