POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mercantilism, Economic Liberalism, Materialism
7 Apr 2016
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Not about how things should be/how the world should be. Understanding how the world is as precisely as possible. Understanding where we are at this particular moment in time. History is moving in a direction whereby it is an irreversible process. More or less take for granted today (marx: original/best version of it) Introduces a new model of how to understand society and what is wrong with society. Paradigm shift; figuring out what is the problem (radical criticism) Fairly liberal/enlightened/catholic place being ruled by authoritative government. Place in europe (treer): peeked about 500-600 years ago (provincial town but it is failing) To get ahead of the germany that is coming into being he became protestant. Middle classed and misdirected (sent to a vigorous law school) Group of students: convinced of understanding what is wrong with contemporary pressure and europe. Philosophy is through and through a political thing. How the world is organize and how it can be organized.
