Description
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.
Author: Michael Freeden
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/18/2003
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.22h x 4.42w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780192802811
ISBN10: 019280281X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Philosophy | Political
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.
Author: Michael Freeden
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/18/2003
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.22h x 4.42w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780192802811
ISBN10: 019280281X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Philosophy | Political
About the Author
Michael Freeden is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Director of its Centre for Political Ideologies, and is Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford.