POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Montesquieu, Erectile Dysfunction, Class Conflict
15 Apr 2013
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Manent will argue that equality is the cement that holds contemporary societies together. Modern democracy can be defined by organization of separation. Division of powers: montesquieu says power is dangerous and we should be very careful about how we deal with power. 3 powers: executive, legislative, judiciary: he tells us that each of these powers must be confrontational - you must arrange things so they come into conflict. Manent says political power becomes impotent and the impotence of power becomes the basis for modern liberty. Modern liberty has to do with the fact that in the context of the division of power, citizens turn away from political life, away from the realm of organized impotence. Citizens today when they wish to affirm their individuality, their greatness, they will turn to economics and culture because they can be assertive whereas in the political realm, such power is no longer available.
