POG 100: PEOPLE, POWER &
POLITICS
WEEK 4
• The meaning and significance of Political
Ideologies
• Concepts of the Left and the Right
Learning
Objectives
• Liberalism
• Conservatism
• Socialism and Communism
• Feminism
• Environmentalism
• Populism
• Etymology and definition of idea
from Greek “idea”: the form of something,
from “idein”, to see
Idea and
Ideology
• Etymology and definition of ideology
from Greek “idea” and “logia”, the study of
ideas
• “Any comprehensive and mutually
consistent set of ideas by which a social
group makes sense of the world may be
referred to as an ideology. Catholicism, Islam,
Liberalism, and Marxism are examples.” (The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics)
The
historical
development
of ideologies
• Historical changes in early modern Europe
(Protestantism, industrialization, capitalism,
science)
• The Age of Enlightenment
shift in religious and traditional beliefs
faith in human reason and its capacity to
understand the world
belief in progress
toleration
liberty
human autonomy
POLITICS
WEEK 4
• The meaning and significance of Political
Ideologies
• Concepts of the Left and the Right
Learning
Objectives
• Liberalism
• Conservatism
• Socialism and Communism
• Feminism
• Environmentalism
• Populism
• Etymology and definition of idea
from Greek “idea”: the form of something,
from “idein”, to see
Idea and
Ideology
• Etymology and definition of ideology
from Greek “idea” and “logia”, the study of
ideas
• “Any comprehensive and mutually
consistent set of ideas by which a social
group makes sense of the world may be
referred to as an ideology. Catholicism, Islam,
Liberalism, and Marxism are examples.” (The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics)
The
historical
development
of ideologies
• Historical changes in early modern Europe
(Protestantism, industrialization, capitalism,
science)
• The Age of Enlightenment
shift in religious and traditional beliefs
faith in human reason and its capacity to
understand the world
belief in progress
toleration
liberty
human autonomy
