Understanding Dogmas And Dreams

by Love, Nancy S.

• ISBN13: 9781933116686
• ISBN10: 1933116684
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

Nancy Love&BAD:rs"s concise yet complete volume aims to inform students of their choices among political values. By exploring the assumptions of various ideologies and comparing their positions, students begin to understand political alternatives to be able to choose among them&BAD:-in essence, they learn to think democratically. Offering historical and analytic context for the selections in her companion reader, Dogmas and Dreams, Love challenges students to consider the various ways ideological frameworks shape political actions.Reframing her approach in this second edition, Love examines how traditional left/right ideologies&BAD:-liberalism and conservatism, socialism and fascism&BAD:-are shifting to adapt to new political realities in an ever turbulent, post-9/11 world. She also discusses why alternative ideologies&BAD:-feminism, environmentalism, fundamentalism, and globalization&BAD:-may better convey our global political future. While pushing the boundaries of the left/right political spectrum, she looks at how grassroots social movements offer alternative ways to view ideological differences, from cluster-concepts to micro-discourses, and even a planetary galaxy.Expanded coverage includes:a new chapter on nationalism and globalization, which examines the work of Samuel Huntington, Kenichi Ohmae, Benjamin Barber, and many more, to explore fundamentalism in Islamic politicsincreased coverage of global environmental politics, including Shiva&BAD:rs"s Stolen Harvest and Kelly&BAD:rs"s Thinking Green, examining the relationships between developed and developing countriesfresh material on socialist politics post-1989 and the rise of neo-fascist movements in the United States and Europe, including analysis of Hayden and Flacks&BAD:rs" &BAD:"The Port Huron Statement at 40&BAD:" and Bob Moser&BAD:rs"s &BAD:"The Age of Rage&BAD:"an updated feminism chapter that considers the impact of third-wave, post-colonial, and so-called &BAD:"power&BAD:" feminists and incorporates new analysis of Wollstonecraft&BAD:rs"s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Mohanty&BAD:rs"s Under Western Eyes RevisitedA thinking person&BAD:rs"s package&BAD:hellip;Nancy Love wrote Understanding Dogmas and Dreams with her edited collection in mind&BAD:-the two work together as a seamless package and give students great value for their money. Order the two books shrink-wrapped at significant savings.Please specify ISBN 0-87289-287-5. For the full table of contents of Love&BAD:rs"s reader, Dogmas and Dreams, click here.

Table of Contents

About the Author	vii
Preface	ix
1. The End of Ideology—Again?	1	(20)
Defining Ideology: A Brief History	4	(4)
Why Study Ideologies?	8	(1)
Political Ideology and Political Theory	9	(2)
How to Study Ideologies	11	(2)
The Changing Contours of Ideology	13	(8)
2. Liberalism	21	(31)
Democracy, Liberalism, and Capitalism	21	(4)
Liberal Individualism and Natural Rights	25	(4)
An Economic Interlude: The Invisible Hand	29	(4)
Utilitarianism and Equality	33	(3)
Welfare-State Liberalism and Social Rights	36	(2)
Contemporary Challenges	38	(14)
3. Conservatism	52	(27)
Conservative Ideology?	52	(4)
The Conservative Canon	56	(4)
Conservatism in America	60	(12)
The New/est Right	72	(7)
4. Socialism	79	(28)
Reassessing Marxism	79	(2)
The Origins of Socialism	81	(6)
Class, Capitalism, and Consciousness	87	(3)
Democratic Socialism, Revolutionary Communism, and a Third Way	90	(9)
Is Socialism Dead?	99	(8)
5. Anarchism	107	(29)
What Is Anarchism?	107	(4)
Individualist Anarchism: Godwin, Stirner, and Thoreau	111	(4)
Social Anarchism: Bakunin and Kropotkin	115	(4)
Anarchist Organization in Practice	119	(9)
The Future of Anarchism	128	(8)
6. Fascism	136	(31)
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Superpatriotism	136	(2)
The Power of Symbolic Politics	138	(3)
Symbols of Class, Race, and Nation	141	(4)
Masses, Leaders, and the State	145	(5)
Corporatism: Reconciling Class and Nation	150	(3)
The Politics of Hate in Western Democracies Today	153	(14)
7. Feminism	167	(28)
"Feminism": Past, Present, and Post	167	(6)
The Sex-Gender System	173	(3)
Traditional Feminisms: Liberal and Marxist	176	(5)
From Radical to Postmodern Feminism	181	(4)
Black Feminism and Postcolonial Feminism	185	(4)
Third Wave Feminism and the Two-Thirds World: Coalitions and Communities	189	(6)
8. Environmentalism and Ecology	195	(20)
Nature as Politics	195	(5)
Shades of Green: A Brief History	200	(5)
Radical Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Eco-Ethics	205	(3)
Ecology and Ideology	208	(7)
9. Nationalism and Globalization	215	(22)
Nation-States, Global Politics, and Political Ideologies	215	(4)
Nations, Communities, and Identities	219	(3)
From Globalization to Globalism (and Back Again)	222	(3)
The New Fundamentalisms	225	(4)
Cosmopolitan Democracy and the Future of Ideology	229	(8)
Glossary	237	(8)
Bibliography	245	(16)
Index	261