Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Egotism, Class Conflict

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

What is the state and what is it. Make sense of the dualism of the state. Chart changes in the state since its emergence in history. Determine why the state acts and what we should let states do for us. State model proved superior after 1500 o. Entire globe is now made up of states. We may or may not always have states. Saw history as the gradual fulfilment of human consciousness or ideas: drove historical development. Extension of people past family, members of club, active engagement in public life, based on self interest. Determines us and creates maximum space for autonomy. Individuals are creative and free: woodrow wilson: state idealist. State is a thing that makes humans most what they could be. Functionalism: you get what you need o. State as provider of order and stability: without it, it would be a state of nature (brutish) So what threatens order: neo-marxist: class conflict- state resolves it o.