Download or read book Isms ologies written by Arthur Goldwag and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is a guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live in. Divided into categories--including politics, history, philosophy and the arts, economics, religion, science, and medicine--cross-referenced, and thoroughly indexed, this book is for the budding intellectual in everyone.--From publisher description.

Download or read book Isms ologies written by Arthur Goldwag and published by Vinatge Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is a guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live in. Divided into categories--including politics, history, philosophy and the arts, economics, religion, science, and medicine--cross-referenced, and thoroughly indexed, this book is for the budding intellectual in everyone.--From publisher description.

Download or read book Ismaili History and Intellectual Traditions written by Farhad Daftary and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ismailis represent an important Shiʿi Muslim community with rich intellectual and literary traditions. The complex history of the Ismailis dates back to the second/eighth century when they separated from other Shiʿi groups under the leadership of their own imams. Soon afterwards, the Ismailis organised a dynamic, revolutionary movement, known as the daʿwa or mission, for uprooting the Sunni regime of the Abbasids and establishing a new Shiʿi caliphate headed by the Ismaili imam. By the end of the third/ninth century, the Ismaili dāʿīs, operating secretly on behalf of the movement, were active in almost every region of the Muslim world, from Central Asia and Persia to Yemen, Egypt and the Maghrib. This book brings together a collection of the best works from Farhad Daftary, one of the foremost authorities in the field. The studies cover a range of specialised topics related to Ismaili history, historiography, institutions, theology, law and philosophy, amongst other intellectual traditions elaborated by the Ismailis. The collation of these invaluable studies into one book will be of great interest to the Ismaili community as well to anyone studying Islam in general, or Shiʿi Islam in particular.

Download or read book Handbook of Political isms written by Louis Wasserman and published by Books for Libraries. This book was released on 1970 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Work Is for the People written by Joseph Burrell and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is for the People is for everyone who cares about civil rights, human rights, and the rights of working people and consumers as well as those who believe that government is not automatically evil and incompetent. The author reminds us that in a democracy, the system of work and the economy are supposed to be designed to benefit the people, not owners and bosses; he shows that corporatism is another name for fascism, and calls for a fairly-regulated capitalism in place of the travesty of the unelected, unregulated, and predatory capitalism we have now. Despite its strong language, this is not a radical or extremist book. Readers interested in current events, the economy, politics from the local to the international arena, war and peace, and the place of religion in society need to be conversant with the nature of the various belief systems that drive public discourse. This book is an equal-opportunity offender, skewering capitalism, communism, christianism, secularism, conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism, fascism, and their offshoots. It defines and explores each of these isms and describes their relationships to one another, and the relationship between their promises and their reality, from a liberal democratic viewpoint. Distorted and misused for at least since the rise of McCarthyism and the start of the cold war, they have corrupted American politics and undermined democratic liberalism everywhere in the western world and even in Eastern Europe. The book is packed with quotations from mainstream media sources which, if you read closely, will acknowledge the darnedest things. See for yourself.

Download or read book Reassessing Political Ideologies written by Michael Freeden and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an examination of each of the major ideologies that have shaped political thinking, action and conflict. Each chapter provides an overview of the state of these ideologies and a retrospective assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.

Download or read book Ideals and Ideologies written by Terence Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 1357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader is a comprehensive compilation of classic and 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. NEW TO THIS EDITION Paul Krugman, "The Conscience of a Liberal" (A distinguished Nobel Laureate’s defense of liberalism as a kind of rational conservatism, inasmuch as it seeks to conserve the gains and reforms of the New Deal and the Great Society – Social Security, Medicare, minority voting rights, environmental protection, and more.) Robert George, et al., "Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience" (The authors and signers of this 2009 declaration contend that the secularizing of America has gone too far and that Christians must work to reverse this trend.) Bernie Sanders, "On Democratic Socialism in the United States" (The fiery former candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, who calls himself a "democratic socialist," offers an unapologetic defense of his creed.) bell hooks, "Feminism is for Everybody" (A distinguished feminist theorist and author argues that feminism isn’t only for or about women, but benefits everyone.) Val Plumwood, "Feminism and the Mastery Nature" (An eminent Australian ecofeminist emphasizes what feminists bring to the debate over human beings’ role and relationship with nature.) Vine Deloria, Jr., "On Liberation" (A prominent Native American author and thinker outlines his vision of native people’s liberation.) Pope Francis, "Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home" (The current Pope’s pleas for Christians and others to address climate change and other environmental issues.) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, "Declaration of a Caliphate" (The radical Islamist leader or caliph of Islamic State [ISIS] announces the creation of a spiritual and geographic home for all "true" Muslims.)

Download or read book Isms written by Alan Von Altendorf and published by Mustang Publishing Company (TN). This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the 1991 edition. Definitions of some 3,000 terms vary from a fe to a couple of hundred words. An entertaining browse. Annotation copyright B News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Download or read book Political Ideologies written by Vincent Geoghegan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition, Political Ideologies: An Introduction continues to be the best introductory textbook for students of political ideologies. Completely revised and updated throughout, this edition features: A comprehensive introduction to all of the most important ideologies Brand new chapters on multiculturalism, anarchism, and the growing influence of religion on politics More contemporary examples of twenty-first-century iterations of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, fascism, green political theory, nationalism, and feminism Enhanced discussion of the end of ideology debates and emerging theories of ideological formation Six new contributors. Accessible and packed with both historical and contemporary examples, this is the most useful textbooks for scholars and students of political ideologies. The contributors to this volume have all taught or carried out research at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy of Queen’s University, Belfast, or have close research connections with the School.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory written by John S. Dryzek and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 51 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Political Theory provides the key point of reference for anyone working in political theory and beyond.

Download or read book Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal written by Terence Ball and published by Pearson Longman. This book was released on 2006 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The aggressively revised new edition of this best-seller provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the ideas and ideals that shake and shape our political world." Written with the firm belief that ideology is the driving force of nation-states, history, and politics, this innovative text covers the range of contemporary political ideologies, from the standard categories of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism to newly emerging ideological alternatives. "Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal "provides an accessible overview of the origin and development of these ideologies, and illustrates how each interprets democracy and freedom.

Download or read book The Quest for Political Unity in World History written by Stanley McCrory Pargellis and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The German Stranger written by William H. F. Altman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Strauss's connection with Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt suggests a troubling proximity to National Socialism but a serious critique of Strauss must begin with F. H. Jacobi. While writing his dissertation on this apparently Christian opponent of the Enlightenment, Strauss discovered the tactical principles that would characterize his lifework: writing between the lines, a faith-based critique of rationalism, the deliberate secularization of religious language for irreligious purposes, and an "all or nothing" antagonism to middling solutions. Especially the latter is distinctive of his Zionist writings in the 1920s where Strauss engaged in an ongoing polemic against Cultural Zionism, attacking it first from an orthodox, and then from an atheist's perspective. In his last Zionist article (1929), Strauss mentions "the Machiavellian Zionism of a Nordau that would not fear to use the traditional hope for a Messiah as dynamite." By the time of his "change of orientation," National Socialism was being led by a nihilistic "Messiah" while Strauss had already radicalized Schmitt's "political theology" and Heidegger's deconstruction of the ontological Tradition. Central to Strauss's advance beyond the smartest Nazis is his "Second Cave" in which he claimed modern thought is imprisoned: only by escaping Revelation can we recover "natural ignorance." By using pseudo-Platonic imagery to illustrate what anti-Semites called "Jewification," Strauss attempted to annihilate the common ground, celebrated by Hermann Cohen, between Judaism and Platonism. Unlike those who attacked Plato for devaluing nature at the expense of the transcendent Idea, the émigré Strauss effectively employed a new "Plato" who was no more a Platonist than Nietzsche or Heidegger had been. Central to Strauss's "Platonic political philosophy" is the mysterious protagonist of Plato's Laws whom Strauss accurately recognized as the kind of Socrates whose fear of death would have caused him to flee the hemlock. Any reader who recognizes the unbridgeable gap between the real Socrates and Plato’s Athenian Stranger will understand why “the German Stranger” is the principal theoretician of an atheistic re-enactment of religion, of which genus National Socialism is an ultra-modern species.

Download or read book Contemporary Political Ideologies written by Lyman Tower Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal written by Terence Ball and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a survey of the major isms that have shaped and reshaped the political landscape of our century, and also shows how these ideologies originated and how they have changed over time. In addition to exploring such ideologies as liberalism, conservatism, and socialism, this text offers students a sense of history, structure, supporting arguments, and internal complexity of these and other more recent ideologies. To do this, the authors have constructed a four-fold framework within which to compare, contrast and analyze various ideologies. The text also shows how each ideology interprets democracy and freedom.

Download or read book Ideologies and Political Theory written by Michael Freeden and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1998 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Freeden offers a ground-breaking new approach to the role of ideologies in the political world, ranging from Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism to feminism and Green political thought.

Download or read book In Search of a Political Philosophy written by W. J. Stankiewicz and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of a Political Philosophy is an analysis of the three democratic `isms' - conservatism, liberalism and socialism - and of the distinct nature of the all-devouring ideology - Marxist communism. The author is concerned with the conscious and unconscious assumptions of the proponents and followers of each ideology, and those of their theoreticians and critics.