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People

Common culture

Ethnicity

Identification with that culture

Reflects tribalism, pride of one's nation

Nation

People in a territory, within a government that possesses sovereignty.

Individuated species of politics,

State

Iraq - 3 tribal entities, all with powerful national entities, getting them to agree and set up laws.

We are tribal creatures, rational

Gives us sense of belonging, identity.

Familial ties

Represents the social character of our being

Family, child abuse is therefore horrible

Affords us protection and security

Strengths

Ethnocentricism

Lack of respect for diversity and individuality

Common in Iraq, Cambodia, Rhwanda, Germany, one of the most common deaths in

20th century.

Genocide

Weakness

Tribal notion

Ordered, efficient, rational

The entire tribe doesn't get punished. Individual themselves are punished.

Individual accountability

Strengths

Too impersonal, bureaucratic, technocratic

Weakness

Individuated notion

During Axial period, there came the movement from tribal to individuated politics.

Greek tragedies raise questions about that culture, civilized vs barbarian, men vs women, law vs. custom

Michel Foucault - advised, challenged societies in archaelogical fashion, dig beneath the surface.

Societies practice confinement (asylums, prisons) etc. because they can, same issue addressed in Greek

Tragedies that he asks us to follow

Spring in Athens - festival - Theatre of Dionysus - lots of people came to see these plays

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Theatre is a large open air arena of southern slope of Acropolis, where Parthenon.

We call it comedy, although its more farce than comedy

Light humorous counterpart to the heavy serious plays.

Satyr Play

3 tragedies at first were linked, went one after the other.

Actors wore masks, realistic ones - represent type of character, 1 actor performed different roles

Trojan war was a popular topic

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Parts, parcerl of political culture

Sets of beliefs perceptions

Functions

We need a lens to see the worlda.

What it is?i.

What we hope the world to beii.

Help us make sense out of the worldb.

Help us make a sense of reality1)

World viewi.

If we are libertarian, we see the world as free, (politics - right)ii.

Pespetive from which we grasp the worlda.

Helps us describe the world to function in it.b.

Reference Point2)

Among these needs, safety, freedom, love, community (Assist in relating others, if we want to be lov

we must be attractive, need to be succesful.

a.

Ideology - we need to be aggressive, assertiveb.

Telling us what we need to do in a social settingc.

Satisfy psychological needs3)

Our interests will be advoated by our ideology.a.

Related to interests4)

Inspire people, motivate, represent deep seated beliefs.a.

They view with bliefs about human nature, state origin of human society, structures ofgoverni.

Ideologies are political because they justifiy or explain powerii.

Ideologies are politicalb.

Ideologies are powerful5)

Ideology

Explaining power and justifying it.

Separating power Protect liberty

Best way to limit power is to fragment it.

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Several dimensions of change :

Direction (if we want change, wehere are we going)

Depth (How much change to do you want)

Speed (If you want change now, you're in fingres, show youre in middle)

Method (either violent or not, peaceful middle

Conservative = pessimistic perspective of human beings

Liberals = believe huuman beings can be trusted.

Right --> looking back (ressurect Roman empire) - Direction

Left ---> Look forward (vision of futre that look better than present) - DirectionMiddle ---> Peaceful (method)

Depth ---> not much change, further out you go you want more change, leads to direction

During primaries, candidates move to the right or to the left of the spectrum. Once they secrue

nomination they return to the middle (where we are).

Faith alone cannot get them elected.

Primaries appeal to the faithful

Individualism (believing in sanctity and rights)

Liberty

Autonomy (extraordinary faith in our capacity of self governance)

Rationality (we are capable of using our reason to govern ourselves)

Limited government (that governs best which governs least)

Progress (susing that rationality to make the world is a better place)

Classicla - Liberalism

The new deal and depression changed it (government was looking for solutions).,

Protect

Regulate equality

What value is freedom if wont have a job, stabl eincome etc.?

Expansive government (believing rol eof government should be more active)

Modern liberalism

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