POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Primitive Communism, Self-Determination, Public Space
1 Feb 2016
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Collapse of soviet union: the end of history and the last man . What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the cold war or the passing of a particular period of post- war history, but the end of history. Teleology is the philosophical study of design and purpose (end or purpose) Marx"s teleological theory of history primitive communism, slave society, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, communism final stage. Fukuyama teleological argument: democracy is the highest point of human political organization; the endpoint of history. Democracy are value neutral (will of the mutual good will be good, mutual bad will be bad) A majority of the population has the right to vote. Able to express a real preference at the polls. Kaplan defines democracy democracy emerges successfully only as a capstone to other social and economic achievements . If you are uneducated you may not be aware of what is happening around.
