POLS 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Civil Society, Work Ethic, Homo Economicus
24 Jan 2018
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Historicity and the importance of history: how we view the past will affect what we can learn from it about ourselves. In thinking of the way we do history that we"ll be able to capture that. Scientific positivism and historicity: positivist: the historical takes objective stance and observes evidence of events. Important to think about how we view history: how sex was portrayed experience constituted in classical catholics. Gender and hierarchy in the philosophical tradition: gender found in the earliest myths. Just matter, essential dross, chaotic: must be oriented, soul, disembodied part of the self closest to divine order, tendency or direction one"s being took, self-reflection seeking eternal soul, eternal truths, aristotle"s telos. Thursday, january 18th, 2018: not included from reason, feminine had its tendency. Sexuality refers to a way of being, what your character is, what your worth is, and in psychological terms is the key to who you are: not just a behaviour becomes much more.
