Political ideologies

Averroes (1126-1198) wrote a commentary on Plato’s Republic, and to some extent supported Plato’s idea of a philosopher-king and Farabi’s equation of that Philosophical king being an Islamic Imam. Averroes saw common ground between Shari’ah (Islamic law) and Plato’s general law, and believed there was no conflict between religion and philosophy, and was a supporter of equality for women. “They should be educated and allowed to serve in the military; the best among them might be tomorrow 's…

English philosopher, political economist, and liberal John Stuart Mill published one of his most famous works in 1859: On Liberty. Mill explores the innate and given liberties of people, analyzing what is the extent in which society or government has valid reasons to exercise power over its people. He argues that the individual should not be under the jurisdiction of society or government if their actions are not harming anyone but themselves. The only time society or government should involve…

is to demonstrate how political parties and interest groups are able to get citizens to participate in politics and political party participants or interest group members. This is a comparison and contrast paper. The following will be a comparison between political parties and interest groups. Three points will be mentioned. The first point will be the purpose, the role and three strategies parties and interest groups use to get people to participate. Definition of political party: a group of…

examines the history of the conservative grassroots movement in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. With a “bottom up” lens, McGirr focused on ordinary people behind the grass-roots conservatism rather than the intellectual and political leaders. Historian Richard Hofstadter believed right-wing activists acted purely on their “psychological distress” rather than being motivated by a set of beliefs or “rational politics” (7). In response, McGirr argues that the ordinary people…

In Political Theology and The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt, he discusses what he coins “the political”: the most intense and extreme antagonism, which is presupposed by the concept of the state . To understand what the political is, it is imperative to flesh out what the state is and what this “extreme antagonism” raised by Schmitt really is. To start, in the Concept of the Political, Schmitt defines the state as “a specific entity of people. Vis-à-vis the many conceivable kinds of…

their rule and kingdom. Central to this argument is the notion that is justifiable for leaders to engage in ‘carefully calibrated uses of force in the short-term’ if it is motivated by a desire to prevent worse alternatives in the long-term such as political turmoil or civil war. Furthermore, by condemning human nature as being inherently wicked and devious, Machiavelli is ultimately led to a belief that ‘only the coercive power of the state could repress humanity’s worst instincts’. To…

The Republican Party, it’s referred to as the GOP (Grand Old Party) it’s one of the two major political parties in the U.S , the other being the Democratic Party. By anti-slavery activists in 1854, the Grand Old Party dominated politics nationally. Also, in most of the North for most of the period from 1860 to 1932. There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first was Abraham Lincoln, from 1861 to 1865, and then George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2009. The recent Republican nominee was former…

It is an ideology based on the belief that society is an organic and collective whole. Conservatives focus their support not on each individual, but on the idea of having all the citizens of the state come together. They believe that the best form of society is hierarchical-…

Marx’s Communism, government’s duty to society and the process by which said duty is achieved has become an important question. Political philosopher and constitutional founder James Madison sought to maximize the liberty of the American people, while still allowing the government power over it’s people. Through discussion and analysis of Madison’s model as it relates to political philosophy, establishing power, alleviating corruption, and the protection of rights and liberties, this essay will…

American culture can be defined by many things, but Americans would most likely agree that it is a culture of inherently limited government in its political structure, it is a culture that believes in limited liability in terms of foreign policy and entering wars, it can be swayed by nationalism, and has for the majority of its existence believed that there is something exceptional that sets it apart from all other cultures in the world. This paper will consider the weaknesses and strengths of…