Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Political Compass, Sadomasochism, Antoine Destutt De Tracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

Part of the explanation is the radical islam. Ideologies: part of the explanation is a rejection of corporate capitalism in it"s current form. Destutt de tracy 1790s: science of ideas. Promote rational inquiry into human nature and society. Now 2012: social and political worldviews. Why the social, political, economic world is the way it is. Making sense of world events: evaluation. Why social and political phenomena are good or bad. There is widespread disagreement about how to evaluate. We need to give reasons: orientation. How you fit into the social world (who am i?) An ideology provides individuals with an identity. An ideology provides a political compass: prescription/political program. What should be done and how to do it. Explanation is a diagnosis: program is a prescription for a sick patient. Not everything that ends in ism : ex: terrorism = strategy, sado-masochism: hobby. A is free from b to achieve or become c.