Thinkers
What political thinker defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how?"
Harold Lasswell
Which ideology, created originally by John Locke, values private property, individual rights and freedoms, free trade, and moderate social and political change?
Liberalism
What type of analysis is based on sensory, observation, and "what is"?
Emperical Analysis
Which concept seeks the separation of one nation from others and strives to create and protect the political institutions and mechanisms to ensure the prosperity of the nation, its values, traditions, and culture?
Nationalism
Which ancient Greek philosopher knows that he knows not, and prefers spoken dialogue as opposed to written language?
Socrates
What royalist political thinker wrote the book Leviathan, in which he says that without central governance and a sovereign entity to which we surrender ourselves to keep order, we will live in a "state of nature"?
Thomas Hobbes
Which ideology, created by Edmund Burke, views people as imperfect, values tradition, law and order over equality and freedom, and tolerates gradual change in the structures of society?
Conservatism
What type of analysis is values-oriented, and focuses on what "should be"?
Normative Analysis
What are the two differing forms of analysis, one emphasizing the controlled observation of ideas within their context, time, and place in history, and the other allowing for concepts to be closely read and analyzed on their own terms?
Cambridge vs. Straussian style
Which ancient Greek philosopher based his ideas on abstract concepts/ideal versions of things, believed democracy leads nowhere, and was the student and writer of Socrates?
Plato
What German political thinker wrote the phrase "sovereign is he who decides on the exception" when defining the term sovereignty?
Carl Schmitt
Which ideology, created by Karl Marx, values no private property but rather collective ownership, is an extreme form of socialism, and is the complete 180-degree opposite of Liberalism?
Communism
What is the study of the nature of knowledge and asks how we can come to attain valid knowledge about reality?
Epistomology
What concept has been defined by Weber and Schmitt and defined in the textbook as absolute governmental authority of a political community over a territory that is recognized as legitimate by other political authorities?
Sovereignty
Which Ancient Greek historian was known for saying, "the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must" about power and justice in his account of the Peloponnesian Wars?
Thucydides
What German thinker focused on the question, what is it that gives people that unexplainable charisma, and the idea that the state is the monopoly on legitimate violence, also arguing for keeping facts and values separate?
Max Weber
Which ideology opposes Liberal and capitalist economics, focuses on human community and society, state involvement in welfare, and economic equality and dignity?
Ontology
What is the modern term for "Nobel lie" meaning a grand overarching truth that serves a purpose?
Myth
Which Ancient Greek Philosopher and student of Plato preferred a blend of aristocracy and popular republic for government and stated that humankind is a political animal, that should work towards society's betterment and do the best we can?
Aristotle
What French political thinker said people are moral beings who must dig inside and find their inner virtues, and force people to do the right thing because violence is necessary for the cause of morality?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which ideology, created by Benito Mussolini, rejects the laws of human nature but asserts that people are more influenced by myths rather than logic, says that humans are inherently unequal, and that some are even superior and able to exert their will upon the weaker?
Fascism
What is the idea that indicates there is a "real world" out there about which we can attain knowledge?
Foundationalism
Who said that politics is about "the divide between friend and enemy"?
Carl Schmitt
What political system did most of these ancient Greek philosophers critique and oppose, arguing that it leads nowhere, is dangerous because people are too emotional, and amounts to "mob rule"?
Democracy