| Reviews |
| - 'This book, though physically small, is large in intellectual stature...For students of politics or lay readers wishing to know about ideology, one could not wish for a better text. It is a splendid model of consicison and clarity...an excellent little book that provides the best introduction available to the 'concept of ideology.' It is to be highly recommended.' - Andrew Vincent, Contemporary
Political Theory
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| Description | | - A clear presentation of the controversies surrounding ideology
- An examination of the major theories of ideology and the ways in which they have enriched our comprehension of ideology
- An argument for the importance of ideology in understanding the nature of politics
- Acquainting the reader with the latest methods of analysing ideologies from a wide range of disciplines
- Explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking
| | 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 assigned to the political world. |
Readership: Students of politics, politicians, journalists, social scientists; historians; cultural studies specialists; general readers. Those on politics courses at undergraduate level and beyond. Specific courses on political ideologies, general courses on political theory, sociology, contemporary history, Marxism, and postmodernism/poststructuralism.
| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Michael Freeden, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College Oxford; Professor of Politics and Director, Centre for Political Ideologies, Oxford University
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