POL208Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statism, Bourgeoisie, Class Conflict
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You will be asked to identify and briefly outline the significance of four out of six concepts. That is because ontological assumptions come into view only when theories with different ontological assumptions class. Seeks to ask what is the world out there? . All of them (realists, linerals, marxists) based on rationality, human beings are rational and thereare rankings where we base our decisions upon them. They all think in terms of material: money, military power. They are individualistically thinking, and promote their interests. Critics say this is only a partial of the world, and may have missed htings if you look at the world based on these concepts. Marxists = class, realists = power, linerals = the pie, cooperation. We should not see the world as it is but we should interpret it. Social constitution: the world is our own making, material goods have no meaning, because we have given it meaning in the first place.
