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| Author | : D. J. Manning |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2019-11-22 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 100070467X |
First published in 1980. Of all the concepts deployed in the study of politics the application of the concept of ideology is by far the least precise. Those who have sought to clarify its meaning have concluded that ideology is not an independent constituent of political life and indispensable to an adequate representation of the form of political association; but, rather, a kind of epiphenomenal, parasitic and irrational thought that misguides the unfortunate, ignorant or confused in the pursuit of the unobtainable. The Form of Ideology attempts to demonstrate that this view is wholly mistaken. It offers students an understanding of ideology free from the conceptual confusion involved in the belief that ideology is in any sense a theory that can be put into practice. In addition, it argues that ideology is not a defective theory of politics, because, properly understood, ideology is not theoretical understanding of the world at all. It is not the product of any kind of investigation yielding information. The Form of Ideology permits beliefs in ideological claims, not proof of ideological assertions. It affords political inspiration and aspirations rather than judgement and knowledge. If the argument in this book succeeds in demonstrating the truth of this conclusion then the study of politics must take a completely new direction. The first three chapters explore the grounds for the methodological break the group has made with previous investigations and offer a critique of some current misconceptions; the remaining three chapters mark out the limits of the intelligibility of ideology within the context of political thought and life following the direction indicated by the previous three. The book’s concern will be of central interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on ideology, the history of political thought, political theory and political movements in departments of political science, sociology, philosophy and history; it is unique in that it offers an account of the form of ideological understanding seen as a mode of thought in its own right.
| Author | : Terry Eagleton |
| Publisher | : Verso |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780860915386 |
‘His thought is redneck, yours is doctrinal and mine is deliciously supple.’ Ideology has never been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as a concept as it is today. From the left it can often be seen as the exclusive property of ruling classes, and from the right as an arid and totalizing exception to their own common sense. For some, the concept now seems too ubiquitous to be meaningful; for others, too cohesive for a world of infinite difference. Here, in a book written for both newcomers to the topic and those already familiar with the debate, Terry Eagleton unravels the many different definitions of ideology, and explores the concept’s tortuous history from the Enlightenment to postmodernism. Ideology provides lucid interpretations of the thought of key Marxist thinkers and of others such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Freud and the various poststructuralists. As well as clarifying a notoriously confused topic, this new work by one of our most important contemporary critics is a controversial political intervention into current theoretical debates. It will be essential reading for students and teachers of literature and politics.
| Author | : Melvin J. Hinich |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 1996-09-16 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780472084135 |
A pioneering effort to integrate ideology with formal political theory
| Author | : Michael Freeden |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2003-06-26 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 019280281X |
Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, inciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking, without which we cannot make sense of the political world. The reader is introduced to their vitality and force, utilizing insights from a range of disciplines, and through examining the arguments of the main ideologies.
| Author | : Kenneth Minogue |
| Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2000-02-24 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0192853880 |
In this introduction, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. He considers the evolution of different systems, ideological aspects and the future of political science.
| Author | : John Petrov Plamenatz |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 1971-06-18 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1349010065 |
| Author | : Erik Voeten |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2021-01-12 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 069120733X |
A new theoretical framework for understanding how social, economic, and political conflicts influence international institutions and their place in the global order Today’s liberal international institutional order is being challenged by the rising power of illiberal states and by domestic political changes inside liberal states. Against this backdrop, Ideology and International Institutions offers a broader understanding of international institutions by arguing that the politics of multilateralism has always been based on ideology and ideological divisions. Erik Voeten develops new theories and measures to make sense of past and current challenges to multilateral institutions. Voeten presents a straightforward theoretical framework that analyzes multilateral institutions as attempts by states to shift the policies of others toward their preferred ideological positions. He then measures how states have positioned themselves in global ideological conflicts during the past seventy-five years. Empirical chapters illustrate how ideological struggles shape the design of international institutions, membership in international institutions, and the critical role of multilateral institutions in militarized conflicts. Voeten also examines populism’s rise and other ideological threats to the liberal international order. Ideology and International Institutions explores the essential ways in which ideological contestation has influenced world politics.
| Author | : Marshall, Tim |
| Publisher | : Policy Press |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2020-12-09 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1447337204 |
Planning is a battleground of ideas and interests, perhaps more visibly and continuously than ever before in the UK. These battles play out nationally and at every level, from cities to the smallest neighbourhoods. Marshall goes to the root of current planning models and exposes who is acting for what purposes across these battlegrounds. He examines the ideological structuring of planning and the interplay of political forces which act out conflicting interest positions. This book discusses how structures of planning can be improved and explores how we can generate more effective political engagements in the future.
| Author | : Verlan Lewis |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2019-05-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108476791 |
This groundbreaking book presents a new understanding of ideological change. It shows how and why America's political parties have evolved.
| Author | : S. D. Chrostowska |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2017-03-21 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0231544316 |
Utopia has long been banished from political theory, framed as an impossible—and possibly dangerous—political ideal, a flawed social blueprint, or a thought experiment without any practical import. Even the "realistic utopias" of liberal theory strike many as wishful thinking. Can politics think utopia otherwise? Can utopian thinking contribute to the renewal of politics? In Political Uses of Utopia, an international cast of leading and emerging theorists agree that the uses of utopia for politics are multiple and nuanced and lie somewhere between—or, better yet, beyond—the mainstream caution against it and the conviction that another, better world ought to be possible. Representing a range of perspectives on the grand tradition of Western utopianism, which extends back half a millennium and perhaps as far as Plato, these essays are united in their interest in the relevance of utopianism to specific historical and contemporary political contexts. Featuring contributions from Miguel Abensour, Étienne Balibar, Raymond Geuss, and Jacques Rancière, among others, Political Uses of Utopia reopens the question of whether and how utopianism can inform political thinking and action today.
