Please answer the following prompt using any combination of the readings from our first three weeks: Aristotle, Madison, Tocqueville, Marx, Schmitt. Use whichever citation style you prefer (MLA/Chicago).

Prompt: What is politics? What differentiates politics from other ways of considering human relations? What is the relationship between politics and society? In what way does the political realm become contingent on other spheres, i.e., culture, religion, race, character, customs, etc?