Politics

Here is a PowerPoint-based knowledge retrieval activity for students who have been taught about key political thinkers such as John Locke, Ayn Rand, Rosa Luxemburg and Mary Wollstencraft.

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Intersectionality refers to the intersection between overlapping social identities and related systems of oppression, domination or discrimination.

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The concept of otherness derives from the pioneering work of the second-wave feminist Simone de Beauvoir. Otherness seeks to examine how majority and minority identities are constructed.

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Anarcho-capitalism first emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, partly due to growing criticism in the west of government regulation of capitalism and a revival of interest in free market economics.

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Post-modern feminism is distinct to the three main strands of feminist thought. Post-modern feminists begin with the assumption that the modernist conception of feminism places overt emphasis upon gender differences...

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As the term implies, radical feminism is firmly outside the mainstream of feminist thought. As they see it, the problem within a patriarchal society is that of gender inequality. Radical...

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Socialist feminism is further to the left of the political spectrum and was the prevalent approach within the second-wave of the women’s movement.

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Liberal feminism is built upon two inter-related elements. Firstly, women are rational individuals entitled to inalienable and universal human rights. In the eloquent words of the pioneering first-wave feminist Mary...

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Cultural feminism is an offshoot of feminist thought that developed from ideas put forward by radical feminists.

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Egoism, the most radical form of individualist anarchism, is closely associated with the German philosopher and social critic Max Stirner (1806-56).

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Individualist anarchism is located on the libertarian right of the political spectrum since it takes classical liberalism to its logical and extreme anti-state end point. Its two most uncompromising strands...

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Anarcho-syndicalism is based on the work of Georges Sorel (1847-1922), an important French syndicalist theorist.

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Mutualism (sometimes known as ‘contractualism’ or ‘guaranteeism’) is a more moderate sub-strand of collectivist anarchism, based on the ideas of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

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Anarcho-communists call for the abolition of the state, private property and capitalism, and the introduction of liberty, economic freedom and natural order.

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A great many feminists seek some degree of equality between the genders in both the public and private sphere.

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The "reserve army of labour" - a term associated with those on the left of the political spectrum - is disproportionately female.

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This study note explores the perspective of feminism in relation to political and legal equality.

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As one might expect, feminists are highly supportive of equal opportunities to combat the problem of sexist attitudes towards women. This is most commonly associated with the liberal strand of...

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In this study note we explore the relationship between discrimination and feminism.

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Collectivist anarchism, as its name suggests, emphasises the superiority of the collective (a self-governing and freely-formed community or association) over the individual or the state.

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