POLI 389 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: French Revolution, Political Philosophy
27 Sep 2016
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The goal and end gain explains behaviour and explains western modern thinking. The religious endinh is salvation, the apocalypse; day of judgement (the end) symbolises salvation, renewal, when everything will be made anew religious consciousness. Reality is shaped by notion symbol of consciousness; Main focus : politic relation with salvation of religion. Modern religious consciousness a vision of politics void of any concept of salvation, Judaisim is for the tribe and not for everyone and it existed during aristotle, no notion of salvation back then though. After, human consciousness becomes different after salvation, aristotles politics is very different than today"s politics, very difficult to apply politics of yesterday today. Politics void of an apocalyptic vision, revolutions are about making things new, about salvation. Millions of lives are sacrificed for the purpose of salvation. Ex: french revolution was about salvation though through secularism. Christianity is a universal religion versus judaism meant for tribes.
