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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 EDITIONPaul 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.)

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Routledge
113865003X / 9781138650039
Paperback / softback
320.5
25/08/2016
United Kingdom
578 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
187 x 235 mm, 1021 grams
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