The struggle for democracy: An analysis of false flag terrorism in post-war Italy and its contemporary relevance

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/25/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Political science

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Summary :

introduction.
1. Analyzing politics - attempt to understand the evolution and application of idea.
2. core of this construction of the individual is the concept of freedom.
The post-Second World War period.
1. Characterized by the competition of two diametrically opposed political and ideological identities.
2. The United States.
3. The easiest way to combat Communism.
The overarching strategy for establishing a precedent for US interference in Italian affairs.
Operation Gladio.
1. The nature of the operation.
2. Purpose - perpetuate one ideology over another.

Abstract

To analyze politics is to attempt to understand the evolution and application of ideas in circumstances that are seldom clearly defined. These ideas are formulated into ideological structures that become the governing principles of specific political philosophies. Words such as morals, culture, freedom, and purpose are but a few examples of the overarching concepts that fit within the context of politics and ideologies, and their influence on the course of individual and social development. Indeed, within the framework of liberalism, the individual is of supreme and fundamental importance, valued by Immanuel Kant as "ends in themselves ." The liberal ideology is therefore "united in [its] desire to create a society in which each person is capable of developing and flourishing to the fullness of his or her potential ." At the core of this construction of the individual is the concept of freedom, a "natural right" that extends "the ability to think or act as one wishes [...] by exercising choice ." Yet, it is here, within this idea of freedom, that questions arise into how to ensure freedom for all in a world of rapid and drastic changes and expansion, for each individual, independently entitled to that which they may deem rightfully theirs as guaranteed under the power of natural rights, may find their interests in conflict with those of others.