PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Harold Lasswell, Bernard Crick, Nazi Party
Document Summary
The art of governing mankind by deceiving them. Politics has been designed for people to not be involved. The specific political distinction to which political action s and motives can be reduced is that between friends and enemy (carl shmitt, 1927) - member of the nazi party. A way of ruling divided societies by a process of free discussion and without undue violence (bernard crick, 2000) Who gets what, when and how (harold lasswell, 1936) Politics is a social activity that is inextricably linked to the phenomena of conflict and cooperation and is based on the power relations between those engaged in conflict and cooperation - robinson crusoe and man friday. Politics as the art of governance is all about the state. Politics as public affairs incorporates the role of civil society. Politics is not a science but an art. People never lie so much as after the hunt, during the war and, and before the elections.
