The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies

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This is the first comprehensive volume to offer a state of the art investigation both of the nature of political ideologies and of their main manifestations. The diversity of ideology studies is represented by a mixture of the range of theories that illuminate the field, combined with an appreciation of the changing complexity of concrete ideologies and the emergence of new ones. Ideologies, however, are always with us. The Handbook is divided into three sections: The first reflects some of the latest thinking about the development of ideology on an historical dimension, from the standpoints of conceptual history, Marx studies, social science theory and history, and leading schools of continental philosophy. The second includes some of the most recent interpretations and theories of ideology, all of which are sympathetic in their own ways to its exploration and close investigation, even when judiciously critical of its social impact. This section contains many of the more salient contemporary accounts of ideology. The third focuses on the leading ideological families and traditions, as well as on some of their cultural and geographical manifestations, incorporating both historical and contemporary perspectives. Each chapter is written by an expert in their field, bringing the latest approaches and understandings to their task. The Handbook will position the study of ideologies in the mainstream of political theory and political analysis and will attest to its indispensability both to courses on political theory and to scholars who wish to take their understanding of ideologies in new directions. Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 List of Contributors......Page 13 I. The History of Ideology and of Ideology Studies......Page 16 1. Ideology and Conceptual History......Page 17 2. Marxism and Ideology: From Marx to Althusser......Page 38 3. Karl Mannheim and Political Ideology......Page 59 4. Total and Totalitarian Ideologies......Page 80 5. Social Science and Ideology: The Case of Behaviouralism in American Political Science......Page 100 6. The End of Ideology Thesis......Page 120 II. Contemporary Theories of Ideology......Page 147 7. The Morphological Analysis of Ideology......Page 148 8. Contemporary Critical Theory......Page 174 9. Poststructuralist Conceptions of Ideology......Page 194 10. Ideology and Discourse......Page 216 11. Ideology and Political Rhetoric......Page 242 12. Political Ideologies in the Age of Globalization......Page 261 13. Political Ideologies and their Social Psychological Functions......Page 281 14. Ideology and the Intellectuals......Page 302 15. Postcolonialism......Page 324 III. Ideological Families and Traditions......Page 345 16. Conservatism......Page 346 17. Christian Democracy......Page 368 18. Liberalism......Page 388 19. Social Democracy......Page 410 20. Communism......Page 429 21. Anarchism......Page 454 22. Economic Libertarianism......Page 476 23. Green Ideology......Page 496 24. Ideology and Utopia......Page 515 25. Nationalism......Page 530 26. Fascism......Page 556 27. Populism......Page 578 28. Republicanism......Page 601 29. Ideologies of Empire......Page 627 30. Feminism......Page 657 31. Latín American Political Ideologies......Page 681 32. Modern African Ideologies......Page 708 33. Islamic Political Ideologies......Page 732 34. Chinese Political Ideologies......Page 752 35. South Asian and Southeast Asian Ideologies......Page 772 Name Index......Page 796 Subject Index......Page 858