POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Invisible Hand, Subculture, Antonio Gramsci
14 Sep 2019
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A framework of ideas that is developed over time. Ideologies are built around basic interests of the important groups in society (those who are in power) Nature of ideology it as a tool of analysis and not a weapon in the political struggle: complexity and abstraction based on fundamental ideas and assumptions about human nature, society and politics. A view of the political world (ideologies that is: empirical explanations ideologies claim to explain the political world. Inequality some economic or natural inequality is natural and inevitable due to some people being smarter than others. Invisible hand of market best way of market working is to allow individuals to act in their own economic interests which will then lead to healthy competitions. Limited state power state should be limited in what they can/can"t do, in order to protect individual rights and property. Checks and balances on power to protect citizens from arbitrary powers.
