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    Political theory involves the generalization and analysis of concepts like conflict, cooperation, power and the state. There are two main forms: empirical theories that describe political phenomena and normative theories that make claims about how politics should be. Ideologies provide logically connected ideas about social and political life, help study political thought over time, and ground politics in core concepts. They are evaluated based on comprehensiveness, coherence, empirical validity, and critical insight as well as historical impact and compatibility with ideals.

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    Political theory involves the generalization and analysis of concepts like conflict, cooperation, power and the state. There are two main forms: empirical theories that describe political phenomena and normative theories that make claims about how politics should be. Ideologies provide logically connected ideas about social and political life, help study political thought over time, and ground politics in core concepts. They are evaluated based on comprehensiveness, coherence, empirical validity, and critical insight as well as historical impact and compatibility with ideals.

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    Political theory involves the generalization and analysis of concepts like conflict, cooperation, power and the state. There are two main forms: empirical theories that describe political phenomena and normative theories that make claims about how politics should be. Ideologies provide logically connected ideas about social and political life, help study political thought over time, and ground politics in core concepts. They are evaluated based on comprehensiveness, coherence, empirical validity, and critical insight as well as historical impact and compatibility with ideals.

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    Political theory involves the generalization and analysis of concepts like conflict, cooperation, power and the state. There are two main forms: empirical theories that describe political phenomena and normative theories that make claims about how politics should be. Ideologies provide logically connected ideas about social and political life, help study political thought over time, and ground politics in core concepts. They are evaluated based on comprehensiveness, coherence, empirical validity, and critical insight as well as historical impact and compatibility with ideals.

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    What is politics?

    • Conflict, cooperation or both?


    What is political theory?
    1) Distinctive fatures of political theory
    – generalization
    – validity

    2) Forms of political theory:

    in terms of purpose:
    empirical theory
    normative theory

    in terms of scope:
    lower-range theories
    midrange theories (e.g. democracy, nationalism)
    grand theories (paradagims, utopias, ideologies)
    Ideologies
    • provide logically related empirical statements about social life
    • provide a coherent system of values about how social life should be
    • Help us in the study of political ideas:
    1. directly relevant to actual political practices
    2. provide an intellectual history of ideas
    3. grounds politics in true ideas
    • Have their own accomplishments and limitations
    Ideologies of the 19th century

    • classical liberalism
    • traditional conservatism
    • Anarchism
    • Marxism
    Ideologies of the 20th century

    • Fascism and Nazism


    • Contemporary liberalism
    • Contemporary conservatism
    • Democratic socialism and communism
    • Fundamentalism
    • Environmentalism
    • Feminism
    Evaluating Ideologies
    • Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836): ideologies generate
    political truth

    • Karl Mannheim (1929):


    1. all ideologies are influenced by their historical and
    social conditions, and contain partial truth
    2. there are criteria fro rightness and wrongness of
    ideologies
    Criteria for intellectual attractiveness

    • Comprehensiveness
    • Coherence
    • Empirical validity
    • Critical insightfulness
    Criteria for political attractiveness

    • Historical impact
    • Public appeal
    • Compatibility with political ideals
    • Compatibility with ethical ideas
    Substantive Political Principles
    • Structure
    • Citizenship
    • Rulers
    • Authority
    • Justice
    • Change
    Philosophical bases
    • Human nature
    • Society
    • Ontology
    • Epistemology

    •Political bases
    Problems
    goals

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