The Relevance of Philosophical Perspective of Love in Politics

The Relevance of Love for Politics
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The Relevance of Love for Politics
Introduction
From the philosophical perspective, love describes an abstract noun that is not attached to anything sensible. In other words, it represents a means through which our being is influenced (Fabre, 2019). However, it is undeniable that love plays a crucial role in various cultures, with description taking the form of a song, film, and novel. The Western historical tradition based on Plato’s Symposium presents one of the initiating texts that provide deep-rooted influential and attractive notions pointing to the fact that various elevations characterise love. In this case, the various elevations relate to animalistic desire that overrides various intellectual conceptions of love. Such is also surpassed by the theological perspective of love beyond sensual attraction, including mutual relationships. This philosophical perspective led to the development of other alternative theories describing love. Notably, the philosophical perspective of love encompasses different sub-disciplines that entail epistemology, religion, politics, and ethics metaphysics, amongst others (Ngwu, 2021).
The relevance of love for politics
Politics within a country entails the aspect of leadership alongside the character of various citizens who together leads to the development of a state. In essence, politics determines the nature and quality of governance that informs its capacity for development (May, 2017). Similarly, love for politics develops a love of liberty that encompasses reason and passion. In this case, liberty provides room for justice as well as reason that ultimately relates to truth, rights, and universal moral principles. Such love for politics appeals to virtues expressed in terms of emotions and compassion. The aspect of patriotism translates to particular attachment between people on the premise of cultural similarity that eventually results in commitment towards the good. The choice to love politics should remain a public decision for it to have a public impact. Such politics is considered wholesome because it speaks to both external as well as internal affairs hence creating a harmony that is key to development. Importantly, the concept of both internal and external activism is infused in consciousness that shifts the worldview, therefore producing the type of thinking capable of delivering an enlightening world. For instance, love for politics developed within the 20th and 21st century created a mindset focused on externalities that ultimately leave the causes of problems unaddressed. Such aspects only water the leaves and eventually starve the roots of democracy (Nicholas, 2021).
The ethical perspective of love entails the moral appropriateness of loving and associated forms. On the other hand, in political philosophy, the study of love takes different perspectives. For instance, it can be seen as exercising of social dominance of one group over another, where one group is empowered as another gets di-empowered. On the philosophical theory, love originates from the patriarchy principles reflecting Karl Marx’s perspective on religion representing love as the opiat...