Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Classical Liberalism, Civil Society, Bourgeoisie
31 Aug 2018
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Lecture: define the state, make sense of the dualism of the state, chart changes in the state since the emergence in history, determine why the state acts and what we should let the states do for us. Defining the state: different approaches to the state, hegelian idealism: (hegel, development: Family: particular altruism" (you care about your family in a way that is different from the way you care about other people. Civil society: universal egoism" (we all look out for our own interests) Marxists: class conflict state resolves it. The duality of the state: protects its people from each other and also from external threats, borders define what is internal and external in the first place. The emergence of the dual state: with the decline of, feudalism, war made the state, the universal church, protestant reformation, peace of westphalia 1648: state controls religion within territory.
