There’s a book called Elite Capture by Olúfemi O. Táíwò that can provide us with a foundational view of the world regarding political philosophy and global conflicts.
Because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, everyone is looking for resources to understand it.
This book will help you understand how to view that conflict. It will also help you understand a wider range of issues like it.
Political Philosophy And Global Conflicts
As far as political philosophy goes, this is an easy-to-understand book.
It gives a framework for how to talk about issues and think about them.
Often, how we talk about issues as culture gets framed through the imperialist, United States capitalist perspective—a view from an economic and political point of view.
This can lead to a biased or limited understanding of these issues. This is a harmful rhetorical used to control the larger conversation that we’re having.
We know that a historical number of Israelis have died, but Palestinians have been dying in greater numbers for 70-plus years.
Propaganda and Filtered Talking Points
This book sets a good foundation because people have accused each other of endorsing terrorism if discussed through the mass media’s lens, pick your favorite TV news source and filtered talking points.
We are all hyper-focused on propaganda and filtered talking points from mass media. But, it’s much better to look at these issues with a wider spectrum of historical context.
The American media filters down to how we, as individuals, talk about these types of issues. And those talking points are usually filtered through society as a whole only. Talking points that we then discuss in with other people, at work, the game, a family gathering, etc.
The book Elite Capture then provides a framework for how we should be talking about these issues.
Whether it is Palestine and Israel or the Ukrainian conflict, this book is key to how these things transpire, especially in the media and the rhetoric we use towards them.
