Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
Communism
Fascism
Major Thinkers/ Founders and Books
-Thomas Hobbes
-John Locke
-John Stuart Mill
-T.H Green
-Agreement of the People manifesto
-Two Treatises(Locke)
-Richard Hooker
-George Savile 1st Marquess of Halifax
-Edmund Burke
-Tamworth manifesto
-Patriarcha: or the Natural Powers of Kings(Filmer)
-Karl Marx
-Friedrich Engels
-Pierre Leroux
-Vladimir Lenin
-Robert Owen
-Communist manifesto(Marx and Engels)
-Karl Marx
-Vladimir Lenin
-Joseph Stalin
-Leon Trotsky
-Mao Zedong
-Communist manifesto
-Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
-Georges Sorel
-Enrico Corradini
-Fascist manifesto
-Futurist manifesto
View of Human Nature
-Positive view of human nature and believe humans are rational and act in their own best interest.
-Pessimistic view of human nature, they believe in both good and evil in people and people need influence from family, religion, and community.
-Believe human nature is flexible and multifaceted and shaped by their social circumstances.
-Positive view of human nature.
-Society is a product of economy
-Human nature distorted by capitalism.
-Negative
-Humans cannot be trusted and their lives must be controlled.
-Sex, race, culture etc define who and what people are.
Political Beliefs
-More left wing
-Free and fair elections
-Civil rights
-Freedom of the press
-Freedom of Religion
-Free trade
-Open to change.
-More right wing
-Preservation of traditional family and moral values.
-Responsible government spending.
-Not keen on change.
-Ideas are both left and right.
-Nationalism of the means of production, distribution and exchange.
-Left and right
-Replace profit based economy with public ownership and communal control of major means of production and resources.
-Far right
-Dictator having full power
-Suppressing opposition and criticism.
-Regimenting all industry and commerce.
Positive or Negative Factors
-The positive view on human nature