Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Creation Myth, Metanarrative
8 Jul 2014
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The idea is that your ability to step back and think critically about politics and life is your personal freedom and power. But: 1978: j-f lyotard>>> dis-illusionment with meta-narratives (mother of all narratives; all narratives flow from the original e. g. god"s creation of the earth) >>> the post- modern condition >>every story is ultimately false. Politics is about power (vertical axis) and community (horizontal axis) Politics is the formalization or the construction of community and the deployment and management of power. Thus the greek word polis" means a city and a state; politics is about the distribution of power. Politics presupposes a community, but it is not necessarily socialist; the public space" of politics may be an arena of individualist competition or a . Politics does not create power-it legitimizes it; valid power is authority because it is authorized by the people.
