POL101Y1 Lecture : Pol Sci Lect 3 Constant and the Rise of liberalism.pdf
15 Nov 2012
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Pol sci lect #3: constant and the rise of liberalism. Liberal thinker - context french revolution and its aftermath. To get rid of the monarch, you had to have a system to govern yourselves. Modern ex: arab spring - who will lead. Classic liberalism - based on freedom from tyranny - ex: us constitution. Model that was rejected: - the liberty of the ancients. Participatory - freedom was the act of governing and being governed. Every citizen would vote on things - it was a direct democracy. Public not private property - everyone had public freedom ex: freedom of the community - self government - not ruled by foreigners. Private liberty = freedom of the individual to pursue what they want to do self government - you weren"t going to be ruled by a monarch. This system depended upon a class of people who didn"t engage in commerce or did not work.
