Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antoine Destutt De Tracy, Carbon Price, French Revolution
3 Dec 2015
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Consider the following events: should we evaluate them. Social: immigration and multiculturalism, law + order, drugs, abortion, How should we understand what they mean, why they happened, how. Keynes, 1936, the ideas of economists and philosophers rule sth else o. Science of ideas: truth + progressive (ex religion, french revolution. The ruling ideas of every age are the ideas of the ruling class. Ruling illusions that conceal exploitative social relations: a rationale for class oppression. False consciousness: makes the status quo seem natural. Ideology: what it is and what it does. Authors" def: value neutral traditions: social/political worldview p. 5. Ideologies reinforce individual motive for certainty (knowledge), security+ solidarity. Why is social/ political/ economic world is way it is. War, poverty, ethnic tension, peace, tax policy, prosperity (the causes) Widespread disagreement about how to evaluate need to give reasons. Says what should be done + how it should be done.
