Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader

By Richard Dagger, Terence Ball, Daniel I O'Neill

Book Overview

Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader is a comprehensive compilation of classic and contemporary readings representing all 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 anthology accounts for the different ways people use ideology and conveys the continuing importance of ideas to politics.

New to this edition

The twelfth edition includes the following additions:

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, "How Democracies Die" (two distinguished political scientists delineate the sources of democratic demise). Ayn Rand, "Collectivized Ethics" (a well-known libertarian thinker argues that it is illegitimate for governments to legally mandate behavior that benefits other people). Patrick Deneen, "Aristopopulism" (an influential conservative professor makes the case for a new kind of governing alliance between masses and elites). Herbert Marcuse, "One-Dimensional Man" (a renowned twentieth-century Marxist argues that capitalism creates a set of false needs and beliefs that prevent workers from resisting it) "Patriot Front Manifesto" (an Alt-Right white nationalist group attempts to link their ideology to American history and values) Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case for Reparations" (a prominent author argues that Americans should seriously consider what it would take to make amends to Black people for the ongoing effects of slavery, Jim Crow, and other forms of discrimination) Kate Manne, "Ameliorating Misogyny" (a contemporary feminist philosopher redefines misogyny as the central mechanism for governing women's behavior and upholding patriarchy) Lorna Bracewell, "A Story of Queer Survival" (a lesbian feminist scholar links her personal coming-of-age experiences to the central beliefs of the gay liberation movement) Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, "Waking up from the American Dream" (a Harvard graduate and author who came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant describes the challenges faced by people who do not have the rights and privileges of full citizenship) Pope Francis, "Laudate Deum" (the leader of 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide describes how he believes they, and other people of goodwill, should respond to the increasingly urgent climate crisis) Dave Foreman, "In Defense of Monkeywrenching" (a leading radical environmentalist defends non-violent ecological sabotage as morally and politically legitimate) Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi, "The Islamic Law" (a highly influential South Asian Islamist thinker defines and defends the necessity of shari-'a for Muslim societies) Hamas, "Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Palestine" (a leading radical Islamist group spells out its core tenets and basic aims at its founding)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032204400
• ISBN13: 9781032204406
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

a starter for politics

If you plan to vote, you really should read this book. its a good read to really find where you stand in the political game. politics are sadly plagued with influence by media, i think this is a good counter to that. in a world where people are quick to throw scary words at you like "socialist", "communist, "anarchist" when every party proclaiming this has been a practice of fascism or ignored because they refuse to look into the meaning. this book is a good starter in pointing that out and really sheds the light on politics, not just for the future anarchists out there but especially for libertarians, if they really believe people like ron paul and bob barr are geniuses or cut and paste ideals from the 50's.

Excellent essay collection

As a companion reader to Ideals and Ideologies, this reader is an excellent compostion of essays and writings that will challenge and encourage political thought. It is good for anyone wanting a broad overview of many different ideologies, rather than focusing on one in particular. It is historical so I recommend it for non-political readers as well. This work gives a good overview of the diverse ways in which men see government working and ruling in the affairs of men.

I Love This Reader

I reread this wonderful collection of seminal works of political philosophy often. I used it in my course on ideology. Students will find it challenging to work through, if you assign selections indescriminantly. That is why this reader is meant to complement an equally wonderful textbook written by the same authors. The scope here is awe-inspiring. We begin with Euripides and Pericles in the ancient Greece and end with the latest crypto ideological movements, such as feminism, animal rights activism, green politics, and the end of history thesis. I think that all selections are enlightening. This should be a must book for anyone specializing in political theory, intellectual history, or anyone who wants to understand or effectively employ ideological rhetoric. Great book.

A solid and strong collection of original works

The editors have done a good job of including most of the major areas of western political thought of the last two thousand years. A bit skimpy on classical works, but well grounded in more contemporary times and the foundational thought of American and Western democratic ideals. The contents have been edited to ensure that the message is not lost in prose, and the average reader should be able to enjoy the readings, also getting a clear sense of what the original author intended to say. Aimed at the Higher Education market it is a little pricey, but a buy for the shelf of anyone interested in this subjecr area.