Knowledge and Belief in Politics
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Knowledge and Belief in Politics

The Problem of Ideology

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Knowledge and Belief in Politics

The Problem of Ideology

About this book

First published in 1973. Few concepts in the modern age have created more controversy in the discussion of social, moral, and political issues than that of ideology. Ever since the term was coined by Destutt de Tracy to refer to a scientific study of the origin of ideas, its meaning has undergone a series of mutation, until we have reached the stage where ideology can now be used to refer to almost any organized body of beliefs.

Amidst these changes in the meaning of the term certain common preoccupations are detectable and certain fundamental problems remain. Is human reason capable of comprehending reality 'as it is'? Or is its approach necessarily influenced by the thinker's values, personal or class interests and personal or social prejudices? Is human reason a culturally neutral instrument or a socially acquired capacity that is unconsciously shaped by a particular historical age or society or class? There are fundamental problems too concerning the internal structure and rationale of specific ideologies such as conservatism, pluralism, and apartheid.

This title will be of great interest to students of philosophy and politics.

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Index

Abeng 313
Achong, Dr Tito 307
Action Française 40
Acton, Lord 299–300, 301
Adamafio, Tawia 270
Aeschylus 51
Aesthetics 51
Aims of Industry 211n
Allen, Sir Carleton 211n
Almond, G. A. 245, 249–50, 251, 256n
Althusius, Johannes (Politica methodice digesta) 156, 162
Althusser, Louis 55n, 296n
Amory, Heathcoat 203
Apter, David E. 245, 254, 258
Aquinas, St Thomas 155
Aristotle 57–8, 77, 86n
Aron, Raymond 229, 242n
Ashton, T. S. 24, 26
Auden, W. H. 119
Augustine, Saint 75
Australia, Federation 166, 169
Avineri, Shlomo 104
Babeuf, Gracchus 35n
Bachrach, Peter 134
Bagehot, Walter 221
Baldwin, Stanley 179
Barker, Ernest 137, 151, 155, 172–3, 175n
Beach, Hicks 197
Beard, Charles 164, 228
Beckford, George 312
Beer, Samuel H. 137–8, 139, 140, 141
Beethoven, Ludwig von 177
Bekker, Paul 177
Bell, Daniel 120, 121, 258
Bell, Sir Hugh 201
Bellah, Robert 39
Benda, Julien 121
Benedict, Ruth 80
Benn, Sir Ernest 200, 201–2, 204, 211n
The Return to Laisser Faire 201
The State the Enemy 201
Bennett, V. W. 80
Bentham, Jeremy 59, 81–2, 117, 128
Benthamites 26–7
Bentley, Arthur 133
Berger, Peter 39
Berlin, Isaiah 55n
Best, Geoffrey 35n
Best, Lloyd 312, 313
Birch, A...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Preface
  8. Contents
  9. Ideology and Social Science
  10. Reflections on Projections: The Range of Ideology
  11. Social and Political Thought and the Problem of Ideology
  12. The Marxian Concept of Bourgeois Ideology: Some Aspects and Perspectives
  13. Ideology and Intellectuals
  14. Politics Without Ideology: The Perimeters of Pluralism
  15. Against Federalism
  16. The Character of Modern British Conservatism
  17. The Ideology of Labourism
  18. National Interest Versus Ideology in American Diplomacy
  19. Ideology and Political Development
  20. Industrialism and Ideology: The Ghanaian Experience
  21. Ideology, Policy and Capitalism in South Africa
  22. Black Nationalism and Anti-colonialism
  23. Index