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 is a history of political ideologies during the period from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union, famously described by Eric Hobsbawm as 'The Age of Extremes'. By introducing the key ideologies of the twentieth-century: liberalism, conservatism, communism and fascism, and considering them in in relation to each other, Willie Thompson shows how these philosophies 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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2010
• EAN: 9780745327112
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2711-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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