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008			201218b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780192802811
082			_a320.5 _bFRE
100			_aFreeden, Michael
245			_aIdeology : a very short introduction
260			_bOxford University Press _c2003 _aOxford
300			_a142 p. _bill. _c18 cm
365			_b299.00 _cINR _d00
490			_aVery short introductions _v95
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIdeology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept, and the arguments of the main ideologies. By employing the latest insights from a range of disciplines, the reader is introduced to the vitality and force of a crucial resource at the disposal of societies, through which sense and purpose is assigned to the political world.
650			_aPolitical science
650			_aIdeology
650			_aAlthusser,Louis
650			_aCapitaliasm
650			_a Communism
650			_aConsumerism
650			_a Decontestation
650			_a End-of-ideology theories
650			_aFascism
650			_aGramsci,Antonio
650			_a Hermeneutics
650			_aDiscourse theory
650			_aLiberalism
650			_aMicro-ideologies
650			_aMorphology
650			_aNationalism
650			_aPolitical Philosophy
650			_aSocialism
650			_a Symbolism
650			_a Truth
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