Ideology and politics / John Schwarzmantel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwarzmantel, J. J. (John J.), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 2008.

Summary:

This book challenges the idea of post-ideological consensus and offers a fresh perspective on the current state of political ideologies. With 'traditional' political ideologies, such as liberalism, socialism, nationalism and conservatism perceived to be in crisis, it assesses: their continued relevance in the context of globalisation and of scepticism towards ideological thinking, the challenges posed by 'new' ideologies such as ecologism and feminism, the implications of new social movements and ideas of community and multiculturalism for the traditional Left-Right political framework.

Ideology and Politics presents an accessible account of a new era of ideological politics, where a dominant neo-liberalism has spawned a diverse global range of 'ideologies of opposition'. It situates these radical frameworks of change and protest in relation to more traditional 'anti' ideologies and seeks to re-establish the relevance of ideologies for political action in the contemporary world.

This text will be core reading for students of politics at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Contents:

Introduction: The Debate over Ideology 1

1 Where is Ideology Now? 3

The significance of political ideologies 3

The traditional ideological scene 8

The crisis of the traditional ideologies 12

Where is ideology today? 17

2 Concepts and Theories of Ideological Hegemony 25

The meaning of ideology 25

Modernity and beyond 29

Crisis of the Left 31

Crisis of the Right 34

Basic features of the present age 38

Domination and opposition 42

Part 1 Traditional Ideologies in Crisis 47

3 The Hegemony of Liberalism 49

Analysing liberalism 49

Liberalism as critique 53

Neo-liberal dominance 59

Liberalism today 66

4 Crises of Right and Left 69

Right and Left as mirror images of each other 69

Conservatism and the Right 71

Marxism and social democracy 79

5 The National and the Global 90

The debate over nationalism 90

The ambiguities of nationalism 92

Post-national perspectives 101

Part 2 The Challenge of New Ideologies 109

6 Ideology and Identity 111

Old ideologies versus new ones 111

Feminism 115

Religion and politics 120

Ethnic and cultural group identity 124

7 New Forms of Political Community 131

Community and identity 131

Republican citizenship 133

Political community and multiculturalism 137

Ideological renovation 141

8 Radical Ideologies of Change and Protest 148

New activist movements and ideologies 148

Anarchism old and new 150

Green politics 156

Towards a new style of politics 161

Conclusion: The Future of Ideologies 165

9 Post-ideological Politics, or New Counter-ideologies? 167

Post-ideological politics 167

The idea of a 'counter-ideology' 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-190) and index.

ISBN:

9781412919722

141291972X

1412919738

9781412919739

OCLC:

171557451