Political Science 3366E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hermeneutics, Deconstruction, Scapegoating
5 Dec 2017
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Concepts rigorous examination of concepts, assumptions, paradigms, etc. Ontology study of existence: meaning of life, categories. Epistemology study of knowledge: what is knowledge, methodologies, truth claims. Hermeneutics how meaning is made out of texts, expression, and experiences. Reflective/reflexive awareness of biases, values, presuppositions, views of. Ethics good/bad, right/wrong judgments, principles, values. Post- or non-positivist: facts/values are part of scientific inquiry and explanations. Challenge dominant/mainstream explanation and understandings of conflict. Material world limits our reality = causes conflict over material needs (historical materialism) Ideational world mediates our reality = causes conflict over ideas (neuroses) Conflict between state and other social actors & institutions (non-reification) Conflict between agents: reason, communication, dialogue, emancipation. Processes of globalization follow logic of capitalist crises, exploitation, state power. Beck: free trade > inequality > popular mobilization. Linklater: state > harms (political, economic, etc. ) Inevitability" of violence: breakdown of communication, lack of state protection.
