Ideologies in the Age of Extremes - Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991

Informationen zum Autor Willie Thompson was Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University. His books include Work, Sex and Power , Ideologies in the Age of Extremes and What Happened to History? He was vice-president of the Socialist History Society. Klappentext This book provides a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as "The Age of Extremes" -- from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. "Ideologies in the Age of Extremes" introduces the key ideologies of the age; liberalism, conservatism, communism, and fascism.Willie Thompson identifies the political influence of mass movements as a key feature. He uses a powerful approach that considers the different ideologies in relation to each other. This allows him to show that they often emerged from a common root or merged into a common future, stealing each other's clothes and reinventing themselves as the stark opposite of a competing ideology. This sophisticated yet accessible analysis will be of great interest to students of 20th century history and political theory. Zusammenfassung Introduces the key ideologies of the twentieth century - liberalism! conservatism! communism and fascism - and analyses how they affected each other.

Product details

• Authors: Willie Thompson, Thompson Willie
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2010
• EAN: 9780745327129
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2712-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; History of Ideas, Capitalism, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political ideologies and movements