Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Civil Society, Equal Voice
27 Dec 2018
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Dependent on the stage of what exists/what is possible. R1 - no political institutions, not even family. R2 - have political institutions - small communities & families, not highly organized, simple oikos. >france - politically an absolute monarchy where king has concentration of power that strengthens monarchy, became most powerful state in europe, opposed to any opposition ex. Religious groups, aristocratic opposition, louis 15th succeeded by louis 16th (weak ruler) >culturally - the ideal representation of civilization, centre of diplomacy & scientific, artificial, atheistic, appearance over substance; completely corrupted, shouldn"t follow this model. >geneva - small, a real community, praises this, good example; problem w/ geneva is that it"s religiously intolerant. Rosseau - intrigued by hobbes" and locke"s social contract but doesn"t like it - viable to corruption, *, not clear on how sovereign will operate. We have to deal w/ the existence of property.
