Political socialization

Aristotle and Hobbes’ Ideas about the Origin and Purpose of Political Life From the very ancient times political life was formed by groups of people who were having different thoughts and ideas about how to rule or how to control others and their properties. As long as that happened, the differences had led to misunderstanding and chaos among the tribes and as now called politics. Each political community formed, a different problem came to life. All this was a way to undercover the best ways of…

In the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers who developed beliefs about the nature of man, which influenced their political philosophies and ideas about the social contract between the people and their government. Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans were naturally wicked and selfish. He stated that without a government there would be war with every man against each other and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Meanwhile, John Locke believed that…

Michel Foucault claimed, ‘Political theory has never ceased to be obsessed with the person of the sovereign’ (Foucault and Gordon, 1980). In saying this, he critiques Western political thought for the focus scholars have collectively held on sovereign power, or the ‘macro-level’ consisting of governmental figures and institutions in formal power over a nation-state. In The Politics of Truth he elaborates: It seems to me that there has been in the modern Western world … a certain way of thinking…

He says that it is in the very nature of the political majority to oppress the minority in a phenomenon called “tyranny of the majority” (4). For Mill, this tyranny manifests in two forms, de jure and de facto. In de jure tyranny, the political majority utilizes government power through laws and civil penalties to exercise authority over the minority. Examples of de jure tyranny are prevalent…

ideas that form the basis of political and economic theory. It characterizes the common beliefs of a group, social class, or individual into a consistent political philosophy. Ideology impacts many aspects of government from the individuals who create policy to the type of government a country maintains. Its influence upon these aspects can be quite subtle or blatantly obvious. The manner ideology forms in a region is key to predicting its effects on a country. Political scientists examine…

Every time you turn on the TV channel, look at your Facebook, or receive any alerts on your devices, the majority of the time it 's pertaining to some Political issue. As the Political campaign gets closer we are observing more issues pertaining to this campaign. The significance points noted in this chapter discusses media and democracy, the types of media’s available today, and media and communication laws. The media have a significant involvement in our modern democratic system. It is…

introduced to a specific interpretation of issues from an early age, often holding on to those beliefs for the rest of their lives. This political socialization causes the person to associate one party with ‘good’ and the other with ‘bad.’ A virtuous polity features citizens that think critically about issues and challenge ideas that they disagree with. This political near-sightedness limits debate and undermines citizens’ public…

The Common Good theory, is a theory on groups and individuals based on Aristotle’s principles. It states that the highest good can be achieved when people work together to obtain a certain goal. It is defined as, “a good proper to, and attainable only by the community, yet individually shared by its members” (Dupre, 687). These goods can be material possessions or abstract resources such as honor, security, or any other thing that people have to share. Aristotle states that the scarcity of these…

Our concept of Modern Political Thought is mainly a derivative of the 17th and 18th century, whereas Classical Political Thought had its birth before the modern era. As a result, even somewhat politically-adept modern citizens seldom draw upon ‘modern’ philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Plato and Aristotle, who predate both Hobbes and Locke by over a thousand years, are even further from these citizens’ minds. As is stands, many individuals have difficulty finding pertinence in…

Time changes all political socialization institutions, from the institution of marriage to the institution of crime. New factors become relevant while others fade away. Because our laws should reflect what we think about how the world around us should work, and that ideal keeps changing, the “active liberty” approach is the better way to interpret the Constitution of the United States. Citizen’s views on the effectiveness of government should affect how the government works, according to how the…