Understanding Dogmas and Dreams: A Text (Chatham House Studies in Political Thinking) - Softcover

Love, Nancy S.

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9781566430449: Understanding Dogmas and Dreams: A Text (Chatham House Studies in Political Thinking)

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ISBN 10: 1566430445 ISBN 13: 9781566430449

Publisher: Chatham House Pub, 1997

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According to the author, political ideologies are the value-laden, conflict-ridden philosophical substance of modern politics. Ideologies perform an important political function: they bridge the gap between theory an practice. Their role as the "translators" of ideas into action is what has prompted this study. This work is intended to be used with its companion volume, the second edition of "Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies". The author places the study of ideologies in historical and analytic context, and aims to guide students toward a deeper understanding of modern politics, a better informed choice among political values and a more democratic approach to political theory. The analysis covers liberalism and democracy, conservativism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, feminism and ecology and ideology. Wherever possible, the text illustrates the effects of theoretical ideas with examples from practical politics. These include discussions of Lani Guinier on proportional representation, Charles Murray on affirmative action, Vaclav Havel on post-totalitarian politics, Murray Bookchin on sustainable communities and Audre Laude on multicultural feminism.

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About the Author:

Nancy S. Love is professor of government and justice studies and director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Appalachian State University. Previously, Dr. Love taught at Pennsylvania State University, where she received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1991. She has also taught at Swarthmore College and Cornell University. Professor Love received her AB degree from Kenyon College and her PhD from Cornell University. She is the author of Musical Democracy, Marx, Nietzsche, and Modernity, and Understanding Dogmas and Dreams, 2nd edition, a companion text to this volume. Her work appears in anthologies on critical theory and in the following journals: differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies; Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy; New German Critique; Polity; Studies in Soviet Thought; Theory and Event; Theory, Culture, and Society; and Women and Politics.

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