Week One: Fascism

What is the Aristotelian definition of politics?

·       Aristotelian: The state or political community is the highest of all communities, embracing all the rest, and it aims at the good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.

What is the Hobbesian definition to politics? (cynical)

·       The value of a state lies in its aptitude to produce the Peace and Security of the people, for which all states are instituted. (Humanity remains in order because there is punishment from the state)

What is the machiavellian definition of politics? (also cynical)

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

What is the feminist definition of politics?

·       ‘The personal is political’ -Carol Hanisch. Personal experiences and the links to broader social and political structures.

What is the political science definition of politics?

‘Politics; who gets what, when, how?’. Harold Lasswell -> analytical