POS 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels, Dialectical Materialism, Class Conflict
16 May 2019
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Public good: shared belief of a political community as to what a government should do. Ideology: set of ideas held by politicians and citizens on how to serve the public good. Anarchism: system that opposes the existence of any form of government. Nihilism: philosophy that rejects religious and moral principles. Monarchism: system based on the belief that political power should be placed upon one person. Fascism: political system led by a popular leader and a single political party that have complete political and social control. Nazism: form of fascism based on extreme nationalism, militarism, and racism. Capitalism: economic system in which individuals own means of production and can obtain unlimited personal wealth rather than the state. Libertarianism: belief that the state should have minimal intervention in the lives of citizens. Socialism: philosophy that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned and regulated by the whole community.
