675 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mass Society, Human Nature, Communitarianism
20 Jun 2018
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Nationalism and Anarchism
Public vs. Private sphere
Are we free of domination?
Contract: negotiation, domination, subordination. Employment, citizenship. Marriage
constructed but not written.
Anarchism:
Negative gloss, popular culture
Means absence of authority
Government an absolute evil (oppose the state)
Where originate
Why is the government evil
Unrestricted personal autonomy
Understanding of authority, understand guidelines
Government and Law rejected. Laws don’t apply equally, government is rich and corrupt.
Law is beneficial to rich but not to poor.
State is unnecessary
Natural order and spontaneous harmony. Liberals are violating; emphasis on natural order;
people are good by nature, generally cooperative
Assumptions about human nature
Stateless society
Two traditions; communitarianism and individualist
Reflected in their traditions
General aspects
Critique of authority
All authority is oppressive
No reason one individual should wield power over another
Power is abused and is corruptive
How differ to liberals as they don't focus on self-interest, but cooperative positioning
Parallel attack in government and nationalism
Modern state is a recent emergence; fall of religion, IR etc.
National not natural
Condemnation of government
Fosters beliefs about anarchists; voluntary participation and interests creates chaos
Someone without a party; no particular political interests
Rejection of law as a coercive form of control
Government is based on a self-interested ruling class,
Law protects private property.
Form and content of class (class weapon)
Paradox to early capitalism
Exploitation of masses for the few. Mass production, mass consumption = isolated and
lonely individuals
Anarchist order
Society is made up of individuals who are cooperative and free from the state
State still has some order though (limits to free will)
Individuals have moral capacity
Internalisation of norms norms and values; people are instinctive goods and community
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Document Summary
Government an absolute evil (oppose the state) Laws don"t apply equally, government is rich and corrupt. Law is beneficial to rich but not to poor. Liberals are violating; emphasis on natural order; people are good by nature, generally cooperative. No reason one individual should wield power over another. How differ to liberals as they don"t focus on self-interest, but cooperative positioning. Modern state is a recent emergence; fall of religion, ir etc. Fosters beliefs about anarchists; voluntary participation and interests creates chaos. Someone without a party; no particular political interests. Rejection of law as a coercive form of control. Government is based on a self-interested ruling class, Form and content of class (class weapon) Mass production, mass consumption = isolated and lonely individuals. Society is made up of individuals who are cooperative and free from the state. State still has some order though (limits to free will) Internalisation of norms norms and values; people are instinctive goods and community.
