Assignment:
Instructions
In "Why Hitler's world may not be so far away", Timothy Snyder thinks about what leads people to become mass killers; he points to the pivotal role of the state in this and argues, ‘the state stood in the middle of the story of those who wished to kill the Jews, and of those who wished to save them'. Taking cues from this statement in particular, and the article as a whole, discuss the following points:
Q1) Explain how Snyder's view of the role of the state in the context of genocide connects with Hobbes and Kropotkin. Apply the concepts of human nature and the state of nature to the theme of the article, and as understood by Hobbes and Kropotkin.
Q2) Evaluate to what extent the state may be complicit in the possibility of acts of genocide.
Q3) Recommend how we ought to relate to arguments of the legitimacy and necessity of the state today.
Attachment:- A critical appraisal of the state.rar