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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
TribalMonday, January 23, 2012
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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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