POLS 1000 Lecture 3: Lecture 4

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Martin Breaugh

Document Summary

Politics lecture iv: last week we talked about history of democracy, begins in greek civilization in. The polis the citystate, small political unit, and allows an immediate contact between the citizens and party: more than just a political form, it is a way of life. Oikos private polis- public: the individual, to express themselves, needed to be present publicly, people excluded from political life fought to be included in political life. Democracy emerges thanks to conflict: worst thing that can happen to a political community is civil war, to avoid civil war, the athenians will have to be creative, create two new types of politicians. Allow for a calming of conflict, and a partial resolution to the problems in athens. The legislator & the tyrant: the legislator a citizen impartial to conflict, elevated above the conflict, given the po(cid:449)er to resol(cid:448)e co(cid:374)flict, to e(cid:374)sure co(cid:374)flict does(cid:374)"t tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373) i(cid:374)to ci(cid:448)il (cid:449)ar.