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Spatial Archetypes and Political Perceptions

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  • Laponce, J. A.

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Assuming that the symbols demonstrated to be important to the understanding of art, literature and religion are likely to be equally useful in the study of politics leads the author to identify seven basic notations: the point, the circle, the square, the dividing line (either vertical or horizontal), and the directional line (either vertical or horizontal). The article speculates on the consequences of casting political thoughts in spatial frameworks developed out of these basic notations. Special attention is given to the Left-Right and Up-Down dimensions and to the problem of the congruence between political ideology and its underlying spatial archetype.

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  • Laponce, J. A., 1975. "Spatial Archetypes and Political Perceptions," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(1), pages 11-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:69:y:1975:i:01:p:11-20_24
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    1. Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, 1982. "Conflicting modes of political orientation or what happens to the German left?: The case of West-Berlin. Paper prepared for the conference on "Representation and the State - Problems of governabi," EconStor Research Reports 112694, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    2. Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, 1982. "Fakten oder Programmatik?: Die Thesen von Murphy et al. über den Bedeutungswandel von "links" und "rechts" und das gegenwärtige Verständnis der politischen Richtungsbegriffe in der," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 23(2), pages 214-224.

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