Political Science 5WPolitical Ideologies
WEEK ONE SLIDES
Communal vs. Individual
“The partnership arising from [the union of] several villages that is complete is the city. It reaches a level of full self-sufficiency so to speak; and while coming into being for the sake of living, it exists for the sake of living well.” – Aristotle, The Politics, Book I.
Political Compass
American Politics a Mix
A Less Serious Compass
What Informs Our Political Beliefs?
Informed by Moral Foundations
Recommended ReadingsRecommended Readings on Classical Liberalism
Locke’s Second Treatise in Two Treatises of Government (Cambridge Text) by John Locke
Liberalism: The Classical Traditionby Ludwig von Mises
Rights of Manby Thomas Paine
On Libertyby John Stuart Mill
The Federalist Papersby Madison, Hamilton, and Jay
Recommended ReadingsRecommended Readings on Modern Liberalism
Letters to a Young Contrarianby Christopher Hitchens
What Government Can Do by Benjamin I. Page and James Roy Simmons
Rendezvous With Destinyby Eric F. Goldman
The Good Societyby Walter Lippmann
A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalismby John Rawls
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles Beard
The Good Society: The Humane Agendaby John Kenneth Galbraith
New Republic Magazine The Huffington Post
Recommended ReadingsRecommended Readings on Conservatism
Letters to a Young Conservativeby Dinesh D’Souza
Conservatism: Dream and Reality by Robert Nisbet
The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
Conservatismby Jerry Z. Muller
Revolt Against Modernity by Ted V. McAllister
The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America by George H. Nash
Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative Thoughtedited by William F. Buckley and Charles Kesler
Ricochet.com National Review Magazine
Recommended ReadingsRecommended Readings on Libertarianism
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
The Libertarian Readerby David Boaz
Libertarianism: A Primer by David Boaz
The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard
Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick
The Future and Its Enemiesby Virginia Postrel
Reason Magazine The Volokh Conspiracy
Recommended ReadingsRecommended Readings on Conservatism
Letters to a Young Activistby Todd Gitlin
Marx: Selected Writings edited by Lawrence H. Simon
The Marx-Engels Reader edited by Robert C. Tucker
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Against Capitalismby David Schweickart
lluminationsby Walter Benjamin
www.marxists.org The Nation Magazine