Political ideologies and worldviews : an introduction / edited by Valérie Vézina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vézina, Valérie, 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Textbooks.

Social sciences.

Political science--Textbooks.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

British Columbia Kwantlen Polytechnic University [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction takes a “pluralist” approach and, in addition to being the first open textbook on its subject, also pushes back against the Eurocentric tendencies of standard textbooks by including chapters on Indigenous worldviews and Confucianism. Providing the latest scholarship on “classical ideologies” (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, etc.), the textbook also includes innovative chapters on populism, feminism, and multiculturalism, as well as looking at the future of ideologies in a globalized world. Joining together scholars from Canada and beyond, the text also contains discussion questions to help students and readers to think further. This edited open textbook will be a great asset for introductory courses at the college and university levels on political ideologies and political thought and philosophy, but could also be used in other disciplines, as each chapter assesses the state of the ideology in today’s world. The general reader looking for a better understanding of the competing ideological currents of our time – currents which flow into our daily political debates and real-life government decisions – will also greatly benefit from this book.

Contents:

I. Introduction: Approaching political ideologies

II. Dis(placement) and Indigenous Worldview : What I learned from Coyote

III. Liberalism: From the "free men" to the "free market"

IV. Conservatism: Slow change please!

V. Socialism. Two Centuries of Social Progress.

VI. Anarchism: No gods, no masters

VII. Nationalism: A Modern Ideology Summoning an Eternal Past

VIII. Multiculturalism: Public Philosophy and Public Policy

IX. Populism: 'The Will of the People'?

X. Islamism and its Relation to Islam and the West: Common Themes and Varieties

XI. Confucianism: A Living Ideology

XII. The Environment: Theory and Human Security

XIII. A Late Modern Typology of Democratizing Feminisms

XIV. Concluding remarks: Ideology in the Globalized Future

Notes:

Description based on print resource

ISBN:

9781989864241

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access