PO235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Metanarrative, Mass Society, Peloponnesian War
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September 13, 2017: why should we study history, history is interesting, more likely exposed to events the history of countries, people, conflict, war, etc, we can learn from history, vertical dimension of comparative learning, ex. Not just spiritual leader, but now the secular leader: this caused many problems, pope now had the problem stolen secular power upon someone called. You will be rewarded: paintings of ladies in the afterlife, rich clothing, satisfied, living happily, these are the promises of the afterlife, what is happening, the rediscovery of aristotle in the middle ages. Individualism (locke, rousseau, burke: pluralism (montesquieu, crisis of material conditions. Industrial revolution (1765-: proletariat, mass society, modern political thought (ii, emancipation (wollstonecraft, elitism (nietzsche, collectivism (marx, thought and method, two crisis responses, greek, practical state. Ideal state: medieval, city of god, city for men, early-modern, absolute sovereignty, shared sovereignty, modern.
