POLS 368 Lecture Notes - Alexis De Tocqueville, Antoine Destutt De Tracy, Bourgeoisie
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The following terms/names/concepts may or may not be discussed: The phrase was coined in the 19th century. Wanted to create new discipline with scientific development and sensations. He thought you could understand how people think and work your way to truths in a systematic way. His idea was to create a science of ideas, which he called "ideology. " For truth, you should rely more on sensetory experience than demanded by royalty and the catholic church. You had to observe the truth by following scientific techniques. Made him very unpopular with nobility and the church. A student named napoleon began with the school of ideologues. The ideologues supported napoleon"s coups and napoleon supported them he even built schools for the ideologues. According to marx, how you live, you economic position, what is done with you labour and those who are in power in that particular era is what determines how you think.