Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Political Compass, French Revolution, Corporate Capitalism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Part of the explanation is a rejection of corporate capitalism. Systems of ideas with histories (change over time). Aim to shape social change; they attempt to shape how people think and therefor how they act. Definition from ball and dagger: an ideology is a fairly coherent and comprehensive set of ideas that explains and evaluates social conditions, helps people understand their place in society, and provides a program for social and political action. French revolution 1789 - word ideology stems from this [napoleon bonaparte] Science of ideas - initial idea of ideologies. Four functions: explanation, evaluation, orientation, prescription: explanation: why the social, political, and economic world is the way it is, particularly in times of crisis. At these times, times of war, poverty, and ethnic tension, people will search for explanations of why these things are happening. * ideologues people who try to persuade others to accept their ideology: evaluation: to supply standards for evaluating social conditions.