Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Karl Rove, Language Game, Government Simulation Game
6 Apr 2015
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Political theory or science is talk about talk. A political theory is the narration of the life story" of some system of political power and community. A lot of what you hear in politics are myths (i. e founders of the usa religiously tolerant but in reality were christian fanatics) Each politician is commited to either their language game or myth. In politics, vocabulary creates reality" (e. g. us republicans changing view of canada . From soviet canuckistan to libertarian haven: whoever controls the political game controls the language of politics (e. g. nazis, lenin, Karl rove, harper on the war of 1812) lenin and marx created new writings in the field of economics and politics. The existence of the ussr played on with the story of marx and lenin. However capitalism prevailed with the emergence of a new separate russia. Karl rove insisted on dumming down politics in regards to the electorate.
