Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Rove, Government Simulation Game

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Politics is about constructing a system of authorized power. Which then give meanings to the world and everything they create. In politics vocabulary creates reality (e. g. us republicans changing view of. Canada from soviet canukistan to libertarian haven) Whoever controls the political game, controls the political vocabulary (e. g. lenin; karl rove; harper on the war of 1812) Try on understanding a political theory as a toolkit for constructing political truth or reality ludwig wittgenstein. Politics is the endless struggle for the power to define truth. Socrates is trying to defeat this guy by showing truth rules all. However may have lost because power defines rules and truth. Mostly people try to make their kind of talk powerful by claiming its the truth . Reality : invoking the authority of: science, religion, philosophy, nature/culture, standard of what is true, just and right, rest theory of politics on theory of human nature, ideology.

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