POLI SCI 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: John Locke, Voluntary Association, Millennialism
23 Oct 2016
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Samuel huntington american politics: the promise of disharmony. Political theory is underdeveloped in the us compared to europe; but even if americans may have less sophisticated theory, the existing theories are extremely important in shaping the political landscape of the us. Sources of the american creed: constitutionalism: fundamental law from the state can provide the norm for and restrain human behavior (divine law, natural law, customary law, protestantism: encouraged influencing values. Close connection between liberty/religion; elimination of religious establishments. Importance of democracy within the church (no bishop, no king) These core principles were not associated with the us only but these ideas were not so widely adopted by such a big population. Not (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)il(cid:455) a(cid:374) a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)ideolog(cid:455)(cid:863) de(cid:448)eloped i(cid:374) depth as ma(cid:396)(cid:454)is(cid:373) (cid:271)ut (cid:396)athe(cid:396) a set of amorphous goals/values. No theory exists for ordering these values in relation to one another or for solving theoretical conflicts.
