Ideology

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Psychology Press, 2003 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 212 pages
With a clear focus on student needs, David Hawkes traces the history of the term and the debates which surround it, from Machiavelli to the present day.This new revised edition includes an updated bibliography, a new glossary and index and fresh suggestions for further reading, as well as a discussion of ideology after September 11.Ideology:*traces the history of the term and the debates which surround it, from Machiavelli to the present day*asks why ideology matters*examines ideology within the critical frameworks of empiricism, idealism, Marxism, post-Marxism and postmodernism.With plenty of clear examples to illuminate the discussion, Ideology offers an accessible introduction to this controversial and widely debated critical concept.

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Contents

Empiricism
38
Condillac Helvetius
51
Destutt de Tracy and the Invention of Ideology
59
Marxism
88
PostMarxism
117
Postmodernism
148
Ideology after 11 September
178
GLOSSARY
193
FURTHER READING
199
INDEX
208
62
210
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David Hawkes teaches at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. His recent publications include Idols of the Marketplace: Idolatry and Commodity Fetishism in English Literature 1580-1680.

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