The following is my answer to our International Relations midterm assignment. After being assasinated, John Lennon meets Karl Marx, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke & a constructivist (Caroline) in his afterlife in Tokyo. They discuss Lennon’s songs Imagine & Revolution. My main difficulty was to squeeze everything into the 1200 word cap. :-)
Mangelnde Kreativität kann man meinem Politikprofessor in der Auswahl seiner Midterm Fragen wohl nicht vorwerfen. :) Meine Antwort dazu könnt ihr hier nachlesen. “After he was gunned down by Mark Chapman in December 1980, the musician and an ex-Beatle John Lennon awakened to find himself in the next world. It took him a long, long time to make the voyage from this to the next world, so that when he awakened, the year was 2013. Leaving New York City, where he was shot dead, Lennon’s spirit wandered off to Tokyo, attracted perhaps by the happy memories of the time he spent with Yoko. In Tokyo, he stumbled upon a meeting of major thinkers on politics and international relations. Lennon immediately recognized Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Karl Marx among the people gathered. He was also greeted by another scholar (Caroline) who identified herself as a constructivist. Although dead, these people turned out to be well informed about world history and international relations since their deaths. When Lennon came by, they happened to be talking about …
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