POS 210 Midterm: Midterm 2 Study Guide
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Michael oakeshott (1901-1990): british philosopher, classical conservative. Said that politics must be rooted in tradition and experience, not abstract reason or principles. It comes from china, it is not from germany: material forces of production, material revolution creates a moral code. His father was the owner of a big company in germany, went to manchester and became the manager. He was worried for his workers, but couldn"t change it because he would go out of business: human history progresses in stages, capitalism is a stage, thought marx. Capitalism succeeded/buried feudalism caused by the industrial revolution: marx is a great admirer of capitalism, but also the greatest critic. Capitalism made things cheaper, crates abundance, but is also created disparity of wealth: capitalism is great, but needs to be overthrown because it is a stage. In any society there is going to be a dominant ideology. All societies have been divided into classes: the bourgeoisie are smaller in number, but rule.
