POLI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Friedrich Nietzsche, Negative Liberty, Positive Liberty
11 Oct 2012
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Political ideologies are reasonably consistent sytems of political belifs that explain the world, justify/critique power relations and finally maintain or transform social system (p. g 149 textbook) Often anchored in work of political philosophers (marx-marxism) About what ought to be, not just what is. Had the idea of liberalism and negative rights. Slide 7 picture of two treatises of government by john locke. Owned lots of industry owned by the parliament. Slide 9 why do we study political theory? these ideas shape modern ideologies. Locke and montesquieu influenced the us constitution. Sayyid qutb (1906-1966) elaborated the basis of contemporary islamism (muslim brotherhood ect. ) Was the only one in his party to get into parliament. If we didn"t have a state we would violence all the time (humans are flawed) Others: greens, bloc quebecois, christian heritage, marijuana party. Left-right dimension does not capture whole political spectrum. Slide 13 ideas matter: think of impact of karl marx.
