Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Realpolitik, Totalitarianism, Nobel Peace Prize
5 Feb 2021
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Week 3: dystopian utopias: the ideal" vs. the real". Review from last week: political satire and race. Political philosopher aristotle said that the human is a political animal". The human being can only reach it"s highest potential when it interacts and associates with other humans politically, when it thinks of itself as a citizen relating to other citizens. Ancient greek invention = the polis , or city-state". Political" comes from the ancient greek word polis". Political" refers to those things that are of the city, and of concern to those who are citizens. Idealism and realism: a historical clash of the titans. An enduring theme in western political thought has been the tension between idealism and realism. Idealism asserts the priority of ideals, principles, values, and high-level goals over concrete realities and restrictions. Idealism represents the world as it might or should be (ex.
