Anglo-American Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 2)

The article offers a concise analysis of three cultures (global (Anglo-American), European continental and Russian) in the context of the civilizational approach and such phenomena as ideology (national-wide) and post-ideology. The author gives the analysis of the metamorphosis of ideology into post-ideology, as well as their connection to the concept of “cultural code”. He explains how in the course of the transition from ideology to post-ideology, there happens the “rise from the depths of culture” of the values that have not changed since pre-political times, and constitute the cultural code. He also explains why, when ideology is transformed into post-ideology, the “death of the ideologue” occurs and some values and rights become “natural”. The differences between the three cultures under consideration are shown by the example of some traits-values, and the intermediate (buffer) state of the European continental culture in relation to the global and Russian culture. The author suggests to study the “cultural code” using sociological and political science tools, as well as philosophical analysis of texts. The manifestation of the cultural code is associated with the response of its carriers to an external challenge - a situation.

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14. Power

Issues in Political Theory ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780199680436.003.0015 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

David Owen

Keyword(s):

Political Theory ◽

Michel Foucault ◽

Political Activity ◽

American Democracy ◽

Contemporary Debate ◽

Community Power ◽

Anglo American ◽

Freedom And Responsibility ◽

Power Play

This chapter examines the roles that the concept of power play in the understanding of politics as well as the different modes of power. Recent political theory has seen a variety of views of power proposed, and these views have significantly different implications for conceptualizing the scope and form of political activity. Two main views concerning power are the locus of contemporary debate. The first, ‘agency-centred’ view, emerges in the Anglo-American debate that follows discussions of community power in American democracy. The second, ‘non-agency-centred’ view, emerges from the post-structuralist work of Michel Foucault. At stake, in the debate between them, are how we distinguish between injustice and misfortune, as well as how we approach the issues of freedom and responsibility. The chapter explores this debate and presents a case study on racialized inequality in America, along with Key Thinkers boxes featuring Foucault and Steven Lukes.

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History and Political Science: Together Again?

Journal of Policy History ◽

10.1353/jph.2004.0012 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 126-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Julian E. Zelizer

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

Research University ◽

American Political Science Association ◽

Founding Fathers ◽

Philosophy And Literature ◽

American Tradition ◽

American Research ◽

Anglo American ◽

American Political Science ◽

Science Association

There was a period in America when the political science and history disciplines were not that far apart. Both approaches to analyzing civil society had evolved out of an old Anglo-American tradition where these two subjects, along with philosophy and literature, were all considered in relationship to one another. During the formative years of the American research university, which took place at the turn of the twentieth century, both disciplines shared common founding fathers. A classic example was Charles Beard, whose influence spanned both areas of scholarship. Indeed, it was a breakaway faction of the American Historical Association that formed the American Political Science Association.

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