Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
Comparative and Cultural Status
Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
ISBN: 978-0-202-30993-4
Verlag: Routledge
Since the early 1950s, the "decline of ideology" hypothesis has commanded a great deal of attention in the intellectual community at large. Th e controversy has taken both empirical and polemical turns. Th is book concentrates on the empirical literature, off ering both original contributions and previously published papers of outstanding importance. Selections were made to give full play to freshness of view and diversity of sources.
The book presents the hypothesis of ideological decline as set forth by two of its major spokesmen, brings together essays that subject this hypothesis to empirical tests in both Western and non-Western contexts, and then presents both positive and negative evaluations of the hypothesis. Avoiding an ex cathedra definition of ideology, the editor and contributors scrutinize the nature of ideology and its workings and suggest approaches to the comparative treatment of ideologies.
This book offers the first clear and wide-ranging overview of the putative decline of ideology, a concept burdened by a history of emotional argumentation. Changes in the function of ideology in the Soviet Union, the United States, Western Europe, and Japan are examined, and the ideological dimension of student movements of the 1960s is taken into account. Ideology: Comparative and Cultural Status is an expertly edited presentation of contrasting views of a vital topic. It is ideally suited for use in a variety of courses in the area of political thought and political sociology.
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Political Ideology: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives I The Hypothesis 1 The Passing of Fanaticism 2 The End of Ideology? II Empirical and Comparative Perspectives 3 Europe: The Politics of Collective Bargaining 4 Finland: Institutionalized Radicalism 5 The Netherlands: From Politics to Administration 6 The United States: Politics of Affluence 7 Japan: The Erosion of Ideology 8 The Soviet Union: Ideology in Retreat Ill Critique 9 A Dissenting View 10 Empirical Relevance of the Hypothesis of Decline 11 Anti-Ideological Thought in France 12 The Student Movement and the End of the End of Ideology 13 Toward a Radical Alternative
