ABSTRACT

 Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader, 9/e, is a comprehensive compilation of original readings representing all of the major 'isms'.It offers students a generous sampling of key thinkers in different ideological traditions and places them in their historical and political contexts. Used on its own or with Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, the title accounts for the different ways people use ideology and conveys the ongoing importance of ideas in politics.

part |2 pages

Part 1 The Concept of Ideology

part |3 pages

Part 2 The Democratic Ideal: Historical and Philosophical Foundations

part |3 pages

Part 3 Liberalism

chapter 3|15 pages

12 John Locke—Toleration and Government

chapter 3|9 pages

26 Terence Ball—A Libertarian Utopia

part |2 pages

Part 5 Socialism and Communism: More to Marx

part |3 pages

Part 6 Socialism and Communism After Marx

part |2 pages

Part 7 Fascism

part |3 pages

Part 8 Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity

chapter 8|4 pages

52 Cornel West—Race Matters

chapter 8|9 pages

56 Marilyn Frye—Oppression

chapter 8|11 pages

60 Peter Singer—All Animals Are Equal

part |3 pages

Part 9 Green Politics: Ecology as Ideology

part |3 pages

Part 10 Radical Islamism