Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Final Guide: British Museum Reading Room, Toleration, Joseph De Maistre
13 Dec 2013
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Part of the explanation is a rejection of corporate capitalism is its current form. Aim to shape social change: conserve things, prevent things, change things. Dynamic: ideologies adapt to historical circumstances explain power. French revolution 1789: beginning of age of ideology. Why the social/political/economical world is the way it is. Why is canada in the final stages of creating the trade agreement with europe. War, poverty, ethnic tension, peace, prosperity- different ideological perspectives will give different answers to these questions. Making sense of the world events- ideologies are about to be simplified versions of explanations of complex phenomenon"s. Seek a large audience, ideologies create simplified explanations of complex phenomenon"s. Why social and political phenomena are good or bad key issues that come. Ideologies provide standards to decide things (poverty level, feminism) How do you fit into the social world. Provides you with an identity you can identify yourself as a liberal, a socialist, a feminist.
