POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vladimir Lenin, Socialist Feminism, Affirmative Action

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Donna Schatz

Document Summary

Let"s brainstorm what economic and social shifts took place during the enlightenment. Enlightenment: an intellectual movement that developed in the mid 18th century, emphasizing the power of human reason to understand and improve the world. Ideologies have been used to justify the unjustifiable (e. g. the holocaust, the khmer. Without ideology, politics becomes the pursuit of power as its own reward (deweil, The terms left and right originated in the seating arrangements of the french national. Assembly after the french revolution of 1789 (i. e. supporters of the old order to the right and opponents of the absolute authority of the monarch to the left). Liberalism emphasizes the desirability of individual freedom, based on a belief in the inherent dignity and worth of each individual. The law applies to everyone: both the rulers and the ruled should be equally subject to law. In other words, it recognizes that some government action is needed to ensure equal rights to freedom.