POL101Y1 Lecture : POL101 Lecture #1

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8 Feb 2012
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Point of social science is to try to make sense of the world we live in. Simplify what matters (focus) vs. what does (ignore) Francis fukuyama explored eastern europe as it was collapsing. History of human consciousness (hegel) 19th century german. Not all about kings, queens, pm, celebrities etc. When you see war, people are dying, but really it is the clash of ideas. Industry, economy, religious practise are the material for manifestation, but really it s the ideas that inform those practises. Really big ideas are those that organize human society. Hegel and the battle of jena : victory of liberty, equality and fraternity liberal state. Argues that this is the end of history. No big ideas -> no challenges to the big big idea. Don t concentrate on the bullshit, focus on the theory. Agrees with hegel but he is abit off. Not 1806 but 1989 of the berlin wall (1945 nazi defeat)

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