Q1: Lesson 2: Political Ideology

Ideology

• “Science of Ideas”

• Comprehensive set of beliefs and attitudes about social and economic institutions and processes

• Offers a critique of an existing system and a view of the ideal system

• Provides an outline of how political change can and should be brought about

Comte Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy

• Born in Paris

• French philosopher

• Propounder of the doctrine of ideology

• Entered the army and served later as Deputy of the Bourbonnais nobility

• Fervent partisan of reform in monarchical gov’t

John Locke

Father of Liberalism

China; North Korea; Laos; Cuba; Vietnam

Enumerate the five (5) current communist countries:

People’s Republic of China (Communist Party of China)

China

Republic of Cuba (Communist Party of Cuba)

Cuba

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Communist Party of Vietnam)

Vietnam

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao People’s Revolutionary Party)

Laos

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Workers’ Party of Korea)

North Korea

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

First self-proclaimed Anarchist

Left, Center, Right

Sides of the political spectrum:

Communism, Socialism, Liberalism, Conservatism, Fascism

Enumerate the five (5) ideologies in order:

Right wing

Ideologies of status quo are…

Left Wing

Ideologies of social change are…

Reactionary Right-wing

Witrhin the far right but not extreme

Radical Left-wing

Witrhin the far left but not extreme left

Dictatorships

Extremist ideologies are…