POL 3115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hard Power, Soft Power, Symbolic Power
2 Feb 2014
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Marx religion is an obstacle to modernization. I the origins of the modernization theory. The age of enlightenment: characteristics rationalism, science, move away from religion, etc. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement, the. This movement advocated rationality as a means to establish an authoritative system of ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge. The intellectual leaders of this movement regarded themselves as courageous and elite: elite usually means people who can create wealth. Regarded their purpose as leading the world toward progress and out of a long period of doubtful tradition. This movement also provided a framework for the american and french revolutions. The unity of science movement, which includes logical positivism. Prominent enlightenment philosophers such as voltaire, jean-jacques rousseau, and. David hume questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both church and state: saudi arabia, colonizing uk. Application to political economy: philosophical ideas within the political economy.
