POLS 1000- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 77 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Martin Breaugh

Document Summary

Democracy; ancient and modern (week 3 - sept. 27: ancient vs. direct democracy, birth of democracy: bce, athens, fourth/ fifth centuries in athens are extremely essential and fundamental, arise of politically rich community in athens (aka. Libyans, persians: easy climate helps facilitate human interaction, character: curious, inventive, contribution to philosophy (the meaning of life) and tragedy. Impartiality (cid:449)ill e(cid:374)te(cid:396) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld (cid:271)(cid:272) the g(cid:396)eek(cid:859)s ((cid:374)ot judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal, (cid:396)athe(cid:396) open minded: greeks have a love of beauty, harmony + a keen sense of balance regarding all things political (innate sense of the importance of politics) If you were a citizens and refused to enter into the light of the public realm, you were redeemed to be idiotic (staying in the private realm) Athens, are considered to be citizens (no land owning requirements: for the first time, we have poor people partaking in political life. In the public realm, all citizens are considered equal.