POLSCI 3VV3 Lecture Notes - Scottish National Identity, Archaic Humans, Alexis De Tocqueville
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These are 2 guys who are trying to modernize trying to synthesize what we call modern representative democracy. Modern democracy is a synthesis of different traditions. They are doing so for precise political reasons. Athenian institutions would not work in the modern world even if it was desired. Constant: sociologically and historically, things have changed that we cannot be. No slave labor vs. slave labor: pg. Capitalism: world is basically changing and all this stuff about war vs. commerce, people in ancient society think much different then they do in modern society, we are more interested in private affairs. We are more peaceful because of this unlike in ancient times who want war and glory. He is not simply a liberal that we have seen in locke he has to worry about how he is going to work. Last 2 pages are about his endorsement of political freedom because if not, freedom as a whole will be threatened.