POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maoism, Totalitarianism, Radical Change
30 Apr 2017
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Lecture 2: political ideologies and how we acquire them january 11. Politics and its significance: the subject of politics is important because of: impacts on you and is valuable, decisions within community impact you (e. g. food security, import controls and price of product, valuable as rewards e. g. careers. Journalism: ngo"s, business, political scientists bring the: ability to think critically, ability to do research, ability to communicate/present ideas in written or verbal form. Ideology: from french word (ideologie), antoine destutt de tracy coined term, the philosophy of mind, study of ideas their origins, meaning, etc. Later is used to refer to ideas themselves, particularly political ones. A common way to refer to ideologies is by spectrum (left, centre, right) The spectrum concept is devised from just before the french revolution. Louis xvi of france called together a meeting called tats g n raux (estates general)
