4. Consensus, Clarity, and Consequences: Criteria for Defining Political Terms
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Definitions of political terms affect what we see and don’t see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors. The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to... Continue Reading →
Definitions of political terms affect what we see and don’t see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors.
The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to the people who rule over us in our private lives.
Popular definitions of left and right propagated by media and academia (the state vs. the market, big vs. small government, liberty vs. equality), frame the world in right-wing terms, while the historical definition (hierarchy vs. equality) frames the world in left wing terms.
Competing definitions of racism have different consequences in terms of peoples’ ability to discuss racism, and on how we relate to people from different cultural categories than our own.
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