SPATIAL ARCHETYPES AND POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS
In: American political science review, Volume 69, Issue 1, p. 11-20
ISSN: 0003-0554
THIS ARTICLE SPECULATES ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF CASTING POLITICAL THOUGHTS IN SPATIAL FRAMEWORKS DEVELOPED OUT OF SEVEN BASIC NOTATIONS: THE POINT, THE CIRCLE, THE SQUARE, THE DIVIDING LINE AND THE DIRECTIONAL LINE. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE LEFT-RIGHT AND UP-DOWN DIMENSIONS AND TO THE PROBLEM OF THE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN IDEOLOGY AND ITS UNDERLYING SPATIAL ARCHETYPE.