Some politicians are admired, but more often politicians are scolded. Almost every elderly male is convinced that he could become an ideal official (minister, president). But, strictly speaking, not every such "activist" knows the definition of political science. Although he likes to speculate about who and what is doing wrong. And “politics as a social phenomenon” is incomprehensible to him at all. Therefore, let's talk about politics, but not at the everyday, but at the scientific level, in order to be different from talkers.
Are monks involved in politics?
Politics can exist only where there is a formed society, although parts of it can be quite independent, and the state itself exists very conditionally. An example is the church community of Mount Athos. They have something like a democratic council, but as a result, each monastery lives by its own laws. Are there any monks of Athospolitics as a social phenomenon? Yes, I have. Because there is even a weak and conditional, but power.
Damned problems of political science
Philosophy of politics deals with fundamental concepts and issues related to politics. Such as the problem of individual freedom, social justice, the justification for exerting pressure by the authorities, the protection of private life by the state, the duties of members of society, private property and the social necessity of certain mechanisms of suppression, for example, the police system of the state.
Politics as a social phenomenon concerns even those who are far from it. And according to one famous aphorism, even if you don't take political action, politics takes it with you. So it is useless for a modern person to run away. Understand better.
The concept itself
Political science is the science of the nature of power and power interactions between members of society, the problems of achieving individual and collective goals and protecting the interests of individuals and communities united according to different principles, such as: common profession, religion, national origin. Each group of people tries to have their interests defended in one way or another at the level of state policy. Related to this is the phenomenon of lobbying – groups putting pressure on the government to change laws that are inconvenient for the group.
Money rules the world
It is believed that before politics was more of a power phenomenon, but now it has become morediplomatic. But it is difficult to agree with this. The struggle of interests has only intensified, as more and more funds are concentrated in the same hands, and yet the policy has very deep economic roots. Politics as a social phenomenon is very strongly connected with the distribution of material goods in society. And the amount of money often decides how powerful a person is.
However, political science is not only the study of power relations. She is also interested in the problems of types of leadership, and human rights, and the justification of the operation of certain laws, and political freedoms. Therefore, in the field of political science, each person will find something interesting for himself, since the field for research is wide, and the composition of the fields is diverse.
