POL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Age Of Enlightenment

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 307
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Ideology didn"t always exist in the world, instead everything was explained by metaphysical terms. (cid:498)god causes everything to happen, and how could i as a mere human understand why god does what he does? (cid:499: ideology. Outlines existing conditions, a desired future, and a plan of action to obtain this better future. They are directed at the masses and put in simple terms: modern world phenomenon (common folk did not get involved in politics, only the most elite of society governed, political ideologies. Attempts to lead to the best political system possible of achieving. All political systems/ideologies include government, except for one (anarchy) Lead to some sort of political system: political system: the way people have organized government to make things work for the rest of the group, economic ideologies. Although ideologies have certain philosophies, they are not the same thing: philosophy.