POLI 364 Lecture : POLI 364 - Lecture #1 (Jan 10th)
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Radical recognizable type , visual, coherent group with shared geneology and history, culture, and issues exclusively radical left anti-capitalism. Aristotelian politics particular form of society argument and disagreement about what ought to be valued, what is good. Radical political thought makes normative arguments on what society ought to be valued, and what is good in society. Structure of the class: leninism, left communism, autonomism, insurrectionism. Left communism how to build new castles of power rather than attempting to directly confront and conquer the state, left communist thought attempted to institute new institutions, norms, (making new power) Autonomism how to evacuate the castle in favour of the countryside rather than seizing power or making new power, autonomism attempts to reject power altogether. Insurrectionism how to destroy the castle attempts to radically communize movements from the beginning.