Affective Attitudes and Democratic Political Culture

Volume 12|Issue 45| Summer 2023 |Theme of the Issue

Abstract

There are many types of political culture as well as many elements to be found in each type of political culture. The present study will be limited in two ways. Firstly, we shall not deal with all the elements of political culture. We shall focus on what has been called the "Affective Attitudes" element, which we take to include feelings and emotional proclivities, which to us, are inseparable from values and evaluations. Secondly, we shall not focus on all types of political cultures, but rather on democratic political culture. We plan to study one particular conceptual relation between (democratic) political culture and (democratic) political system. This the relation of congruence. This relation is less controversial than causal relation which some theorists propose as holding between political culture and political system. However, it does suggest concepts that can be used in formulating causal hypotheses that can be empirically tested.

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Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies who previously served as professor at Yarmouk University in Jordan, Birzeit University in Palestine, and Qatar University . His research focuses on the concept of identity, Islamic theology and philosophy, and contemporary Arab and Islamic thought. His latest book is titled Discourse of Dignity and Human Rights.

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