"-isms" Flashcards
Match definition to ideology
Totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life
Fascism
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Extreme nationalism
State over everything
Fascism
Strong military- glorifies war
Fascism
Peace= weakness
Fascism
Capitalism, power in hands of big businesses
Fascism
Political and social inequality is inevitable
Fascism
Peace= ultimate goal
Communism
Classless society
Communism
Condemns capitalism
Communism
Government controls all means of production
Communism
No private ownership
Communism
The control of one people by another (political, economical, cultural)
Imperialism
Britain
Most powerful and imperialistic country in 1900s
“Survival of the fittest”, rationalized the conquest of the weak countries by the stronger ones
Social Darwinism
Preservation of European monarchies and nobility
Conservatism
Traditional monarchical institutions of government could maintain order. Opposed to change
Conservatism
Corn Laws
Conservatism
Carlsbad Decrees
Conservatism
Metternich
Conservatism
Ideals of Congress of Vienna
Conservatism
Belief that self-defined people should govern itself with its own historically sanctioned boundaries
Nationalism
Volksgeist
German Nationalism
Equality before the law
Liberalism
Individuals are born good, free, and capable of improvement
Liberalism
Concerned about political stability and sanctity of property
Liberalism
Laissez Faire
Liberalism
Universal male suffrage
Liberalism
Benthamites
Utilitarianism
Greatest good for the greatest number
Utilitarianism
Chartists
Liberalism
John Stuart Mill
Liberalism
Helping the labor poor
Utopian socialism
Denouncing capitalism
Socialism
Blanc, Proudhon
Socialism
Mercantilism
Conservatism
Traditional Agrarianism
Conservatism
Class structure based on birth
Conservatism
Religious toleration
Liberalism
1848 Revolutions
Nationalism & Liberalism
Government is limited by law
Constitutionalism
Delicate balance between power of government and rights and liberties of individuals
Constitutionalism
Republican or monarchical form
Constitutionalism
Derived from traditional assumption of power and belief in the divine right of kings
Absolutism
Not subordinate to a national assembly, sovereignty embodied in a ruler
Absolutism
Nobility was weakened to prevent interference
Western Absolutism
Nobility remained powerful
Eastern Absolutism