SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Upper House, Lower House, Aristocracy

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Colline Terry

Document Summary

Ideology/history: ways of seeing, defining ideology, the left/right ideological spectrum, the liberal debate, conservative revival, strands of socialism, increasing complexity, mythistory, columbus & the war against the indians (mcneil, zinn & rasky) Democracy: sophists; making a bad point good for sake of discussion. France: 3 countries that have the most influence on evolution of canada, england, france, usa largest democracy india. House of commons: every state has 2 senators in usa. In uk, house of lords was inherited, passed down positions (aristocracy) Ideology passes judgement of history: maps out interconnections between politics and others, serves as guide to legitimate action, helps make sense of world, simplifies, way of seeing/understanding, consistency and coherence is provided. Position is ascribed to you, turn into a station in our life, and should not question. Promote equality of right or equality of opportunity. Personal freedom: classical liberal, personal freedom is the absence of coercion.