In this video, we consider the notions of the 'Left' and the 'Right' as poles of the political spectrum, briefly recapitulating the history of the terms in this sense, and considering their implications of political and economic matters...
Among the challenges we encounter in our public conversations is a welter of confusion around crucial terms which, though widely used, are rarely defined... or at least rarely defined explicitly. The consequence is a situation where rather than aiding progress in conversation, they frequently impede it. This is one effort to encourage remedy of this impasse by at least approaching the definition of some of these terms...
Showing posts with label Anarchism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anarchism. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016
Approaching Definitions - What are the 'Left' and the 'Right'?
Labels:
Anarchism,
Communism,
Conservative,
Conservativism,
Democracy,
Democrat,
French Revolution,
Left,
Leftism,
Liberal,
Liberalism,
Marxism,
Monarchism,
Republican,
Right,
Rightism,
Social Democracy,
Socialism
Approaching Definitions - What is the State?
In this consideration, we look to the distinction between the 'government' and the 'State', cashing out some of the implications in that distinction, and how the notion of the State as constitutive of a society's or group's identity gives rise to serious questions...
Labels:
Anarchism,
Communism,
Communitarian,
Communitarianism,
Community,
Government,
Gramsci,
Hegemony,
Municipal Libertarianism,
Murray Bookchin,
Political Philosophy,
Politics,
Polity,
Socialism,
State
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