POL200Y5 Lecture Notes - Aros Research Operating System, Cephalus, Nuclear Peace
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Pol 200 lec 1 sept 13, 2012 (60 s) modernity- progress, fleeting. Authoritative/ popular today? no, postmodernity (architecture, thought, art) (present) postmodernity- not modern, no self definition. Carry on with modernity without really believing in it- irony. Ex. chinese communism, irony b/c the government hold little faith in communism (rather chinese democracy) Losing faith in modern economy, environmentalism, science/ tech, nuclear peace. Religious struggle with postmodernity, west vs the rest. Postmodernists think their idea of progress (after losing faith in the idea of progress of modernists) is more advanced than that of modernists. Writes in a conversational form because he wants you to partake in the con- versation/ argument. Presents us with thoughts alternative to his own. There are different answers to anything, many possible contributions. The republic is best at articulating the problem of justice rather than the just the answer to it. Plato"s brothers are the characters at socrates" side, represent plato.
