Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Conciliarism
22 Apr 2013
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The paradigm of politics is the city aristotle thought it should be 30,000 people. Work intimately with them and communicate with them. If you wanted to rule you spoke. Gives us the model of the empire. The metropolis is rome and it is the centre of the world. Built a wall with scottish outside end of the world. Model of the whole world roman radiating power out to the whole world. Organize the world now hub and metropolis with spokes going out from there: wheel . The new roman political unit projection of power. Roman allegiance carried the image coin. Politics of symbolism not of direct experience. Dependent on military might to carry symbolic presence of rome. Held together through commerce, military and projection of power. Big nation state people are spectators. All are bce 200 to 400 years before christ. The glue of their polities is philosophy, idealist, or natural.
