right-wing radicals forces held a rally ... The Center-Left did not support the bill ... These words are constantly heard from the TV screens, they can be seen on the pages of newspapers.Who are the right and left, which are constantly being told?And why are they called that?
origin of the term
These definitions are quite old political currents.They appeared in France during the time of the bourgeois revolution.And had an absolutely literal meaning.
That is, there were really left, right and indeed the most real centrists.Just because that's the way advocates of particular political movements took place in the parliament.On the left were the left and the right - most of these rules.Who were these people?Representatives of the three parties: Feuillant, Girondins and yakbointsy.
Feuillant were staunch supporters of the monarchy, which existed at that time in France.They also were the first "right".Who Are Left?Their opponents, the Jacobins - revolutionaries and subversives foundations.And in the center placed Girondins - moderate wing party, supports the establishment of the republic, but not in such a radical way as the Jacobins.
Turn right circle
is exactly what any of these terms.And if at first they called it the supporters of the monarchy and the bourgeois republic, then later those words came to mean simply conservatives in calling for the preservation of the old order, and radicals who seek to significant changes.The consequence of this was a funny incident linguistic.During the French Revolution yakbointsy fought for the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a bourgeois republic.And they were left.And then, many years later, the bourgeois republic have become a political norm.And revolutionaries have fought for socialism.Out of habit, just such ardent fighters against the existing system called the left.But who are the rules?Of course, their opponents conservatives.That means that the supporters of the bourgeois currents.That's terms both to keep the old value, and lost it.The revolutionaries were left, but now is not fighting for a bourgeois republic and against it.
such rules Left
Later the terms several times changed the semantic content.In the thirties in Germany on the question: "What are the rules?" Could be only one answer.
course the National Socialist Workers Party!But for right now it is called only as fascism.Nothing to do with the French supporters of the monarchy and the Russian followers of the doctrine of the bourgeois republic had it for.
in the 60s in France under the rule implies political movement, denied the possibility of equal rights and opportunities for all members of society.
Obviously, to give a clear answer to the question of what kind of political movement, it is impossible.Because all have different rules.Who are these people and what they want, depending on the country and the historical period.
conservatives and innovators
only thing that unites all the right parties - they are by definition conservative.That force, which advocated for the preservation of the existing system - the right for his definitive overthrow - the left.But supporters of the successive changes and compromise - centrists.
Modern right-wing parties usually respect private property, considered a certain level of class inequality natural and inevitable, and advocate for a strong vertical of power.
This rather conservative channel stick to the party, with the basis of their ideology or religion of the principles of national self-consciousness.
That's what the average right.Who are then the left?
Now these course adhere to the concept of minimizing the influence of the state on citizens' lives.Often, offer to introduce the public ownership of the means of production - even the biggest.And, of course, in favor of total and universal equality.That is a kind of utopians.To the left parties usually include socialists, communists, anarchists and flow based on the principles of equality of class - the workers associations, labor unions.A curious paradox.If the nationalist currents commonly held beliefs of the left, the various liberation movements struggling for independence - on the contrary, right.
Criticism terms
Currently, such bipolar party system exists only on the pages of newspapers and in conversations inhabitants.Political analysts prefer to use the more precise definitions.
Yet the political picture of the world, consisting of left, right and center, overly simplified.Many ideologies have lost their clear boundaries have become less radical, because it is hard to say, it is the Conservatives or, on the contrary, the proponents of change.Political movement can simultaneously believe that the state should public life and the economy, as is characteristic of the right trends.But if this is the effect of power will be consumed in the typical "leftist" goal - equality and guarantee social protection.
illustrative example - very close.At the moment, difficult to determine who the right and left in Ukraine - at least from the point of view of the classical interpretation of the term.
practical difficulties classification
Supporters DNI and LC positioning themselves as left-wing parties.But their ideas are more in the right plane.After all, the main stumbling block - is unconstitutional change of power in the republic, and that "separatists" do not accept these changes.Their political platform is absolutely conservative.
is also difficult to understand who the right-wing radicals in Ukraine.Because of the traditional conservatism within there is nothing left."Right Sector" - is not so much the definition of a position as a name.This nationally oriented parties took an active part in the change of political system in 2013, even though, by definition, it is - just the inheritance of left-wing parties.
Obviously, in this case, the terms are used not in the classic international understanding "conservatives and innovators," and specific, formed by local traditions.The left - communists, right - nationalists.It is unlikely that with such a wide range of interpretations of these terms may be considered correct.
