Hunter(M)/Gatherer(F) Nat Sec

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

This course will examine the reasoning behind the evolution of today’s national and international security from its “Man the Hunter” origins by surveying the biological, psychological, anthropological, and cultural explanations for how we define security, dominance, and power. National security policy, strategy, and implementation rely heavily on “Man the Hunter” theories of security and lack the premise of the equally impactful history of “Woman the Gatherer.” A set of defaults with as widespread impact as political science and security studies that have excluded the experience, history, and knowledge of more than half of the global population should not be accepted as truth. This course also will provide an opportunity for students to consider and create national-level strategy based on a spectrum of “hunter-gatherer” understanding of security.