PHIL 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nationstates, Neoliberalism, E-Democracy
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(1) rejection of past (i) protestant reformation, (ii) emergence of modern capitalism, (iii) voyages, (iv) vernacular/rejection of latin. (2) nature (i) nature was to be contemplated because it beared the fingers of. God, (ii) knowledge (laws that govern nature help descartes reach an absolute truth), (iii) 16th century-17th century nature 18th century-19th century political world (primarily hobbes and locke) (3) vico (i) imagination metaphors/myths/1st wisdom or humanity, (ii) Peace of westphalia (1648) westphalian system nation-states. Themes: modernity, collective id, globalization + the future of democracy.