Political Thought

POLITICAL THOUGHT Introduction: What is Political Thought?

Distinctions
Political Thought
“ The reflection on, or exposition of, political ideas .”
Indifferent to the distinction between opinion and knowledge

Political Philosophy
Concerned with the attempt to replace opinion about the nature of political things by knowledge of the nature of political things
Distinctions (cont’d)

Distinctions (again)
Political Science
Constitutes that body of knowledge about political things
Attempts to arrive at knowledge about political things

Political Theory
“ Systematic body of principles relating to the origin , form , behavior and purposes of the state and upon which its political system operates.”
Distinctions (some more…)

Political Ideology
Value or belief system accepted as fact or truth by some (large) group
Mixture of factual and moral beliefs
Distinctions (…and more)

Summary POL THOUGHT POL SCI POL THEORY POL PHILO POL IDEOLOGY

Why Study Political Thought?
“ Political thought…purports…to arrive at an understanding of politics which will be true to men’s experience of political activity, and which will elucidate the place of politics within human life and the criteria appropriate for making judgments about it.”
- Margaret Canovan Professor of Political Thought Keele University

Political Thought

by brianbelen on Dec 25, 2008

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 35

Statistics

Political Thought — Presentation Transcript

http://brianbelen.blogspot.com	34
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	1