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 ====== Politics ====== ====== Politics ======
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 +===== Political Systems =====
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 +  * Illuminism
 +  * Monarchism
 +  * Fascism
 +  * Communism
 +  * Corporatocracy
 +  * Rebulicanism
 +  * Libertarianism
 +  * Syndicalism
 +  * Erisianism
 +  * Gnosis
 +  * Anarchism
  
 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
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 ==== Historical Context ==== ==== Historical Context ====
  
-  - **Hellenic Crisis:**  Plato and Aristotle responded to the challenges of their time. +  - **Hellenic Crisis:** [[:plato|Plato]] and [[:aristotle|Aristotle]] responded to the challenges of their time. 
-  - **Rome and Christianity:**  Saint Augustine grappled with the upheavals in Rome due to the rise of Christianity. +  - **Rome and Christianity:** [[:saint-augustine|Saint Augustine]] grappled with the upheavals in [[:rome|Rome]] due to the rise of [[:christianity|Christianity]]. 
-  - **Philosophy of History:**  Hegel's work provided a comprehensive view of the historical process.+  - **Philosophy of History:** [[:hegel|Hegel's]] work provided a comprehensive view of the historical process.
 ==== Challenges to Traditional Political Science ==== ==== Challenges to Traditional Political Science ====
  
 In the contemporary era, there is an urgent need to evolve from past philosophies and establish a new approach to political science. In the contemporary era, there is an urgent need to evolve from past philosophies and establish a new approach to political science.
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 **Critique of Positivism:**  The positivist approach to political science, which heavily relied on a single method, has been criticized for its exclusionary nature, disregarding any knowledge that doesn't fit its stringent scientific criteria. This has been perceived as a limiting and potentially misleading method. **Critique of Positivism:**  The positivist approach to political science, which heavily relied on a single method, has been criticized for its exclusionary nature, disregarding any knowledge that doesn't fit its stringent scientific criteria. This has been perceived as a limiting and potentially misleading method.
-      * Philosophers like Hussero and Sasare have critiqued the positivist inclination, providing alternate perspectives on political theory. + 
-  *+  * Philosophers like Hussero and Sasare have critiqued the positivist inclination, providing alternate perspectives on political theory.
  
 **Objective Analysis:**  As emphasized by Pierre Bourdieu, a truly objective study of political science should encompass all value judgments and viewpoints, recognizing all forms of cultural capital and preventing biases. **Objective Analysis:**  As emphasized by Pierre Bourdieu, a truly objective study of political science should encompass all value judgments and viewpoints, recognizing all forms of cultural capital and preventing biases.
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 ==== The Positivist Dilemma ==== ==== The Positivist Dilemma ====
  
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 ==== Voegelin and Symbolic Representation ==== ==== Voegelin and Symbolic Representation ====
  
-Voegelin asserted that humans derive meaning through symbols, emphasizing the need to analyze symbols as they manifest in reality. He believed:+Voegelin asserted that humans derive meaning through [[:symbols|]], emphasizing the need to analyze symbols as they manifest in reality. He believed:
  
   * Representation encompasses the entirety of society, with each symbol holding immense societal weight.   * Representation encompasses the entirety of society, with each symbol holding immense societal weight.
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 ==== Clash of Truths and Societal Evolution ==== ==== Clash of Truths and Societal Evolution ====
  
-Throughout history, multiple truths have often coexisted and clashed. Notable examples include the Mongol expansion threatening the Western Empire in the 13th century and the cosmological perspectives presented by Lao Tzu, Confucius, the Upanishads, and Zoroastrianism. This period, around 500 BC, with contemporaries like Heraclitus, Buddha, and Confucius, is termed as the "axis time" by Carl Jaspers.+Throughout history, multiple truths have often coexisted and clashed. Notable examples include the Mongol expansion threatening the Western Empire in the 13th century and the cosmological perspectives presented by [[:laotzu|Lao Tzu]], [[:confucius|Confucius]], the Upanishads, and Zoroastrianism. This period, around 500 BC, with contemporaries like Heraclitus, [[:buddha|Buddha]], and Confucius, is termed as the "axis time" by Carl Jaspers.