Ideology: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Ideology: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192802811

ISBN-10: 019280281X

ISBN-13: 9780192802811

Edition: 2003

Authors: Michael Freeden

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Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept, and the arguments of the main ideologies. By employing the latest insights from a range of disciplines, the reader is introduced to the vitality and force of a crucial resource at the disposal of societies, through which sense and purpose is…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of illustrations



Should ideologies be ill-reputed?



Overcoming illusions: how ideologies came to stay



Ideology at the crossroads of theory



The struggle over political language



Thinking about politics: the new boys on the block



The clash of the Titans: the macro-ideologies



Segments and modules: the micro-ideologies



Discursive realities and surrealities



Stimuli and responses: seeing and feeling ideology



Conclusion: why politics can't do without ideology


References and further reading


Index