The power of emotion in politics, philosophy, and ideology / Hanna Samir Kassab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kassab, Hanna Samir, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ideology.

Political sociology.

Power (Social sciences)--Political aspects.

Power (Social sciences).

Emotions--Political aspects.

Emotions.

Justice.

Physical Description:

xv, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"This book defines political ideology as a structural force that combines ideas, emotion, and people for the purpose of transforming political discourse. It advances a theoretical proposition concerning the creation of alternative modes of governance and proposes a general theory explains the reasons for the creation of political ideologies as an escape from perceived injustice. The theory also explains democracy's success and the failure of Communism and the Fascism. The purpose of any political ideology, whether Democracy, Fascism (and its varieties), or Communism, is to escape human suffering by combining ideas, emotion, and people in the production of fundamental societal change. Ideologies must possess these three variables to attain the necessary power to succeed as a political force. Power gives the ideology the structural ability to transform society, trapping the once free individual into the ideology"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book defines political ideology as a structural force that combines ideas, emotion and people for the purpose of transforming political discourse. It argues for a general theory that will explain the reasons for the creation of political ideologies as an escape from perceived injustice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Emotions and the Individual

2. Emotions and the Formation of Ideas

3. The Structure of Politics

4. Political Philosophy and Political Ideology

5. Democracy

6. Communism

7. Nazism

8. Zionism, Arab Nationalism, Islamism and US Neoconservativism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.

ISBN:

9781137593504

1137593504

OCLC:

922155494