Overview
Nancy Loveās concise yet complete volume aims to inform students of their choices among political values. By exploring the assumptions of various ideologies and comparing their positions, students begin to understand political alternatives to be able to choose among themāin essence, they learn to think democratically. Offering historical and analytic context for the selections in her companion reader, Dogmas and Dreams, Love challenges students to consider the various ways ideological frameworks shape political actions.
Reframing her approach in this second edition, Love examines how traditional left/right ideologiesāliberalism and conservatism, socialism and fascismāare shifting to adapt to new political realities in an ever turbulent, post-9/11 world. She also discusses why alternative ideologiesāfeminism, environmentalism, fundamentalism, and globalizationāmay better convey our global political future. While pushing the boundaries of the left/right political spectrum, she looks at how grassroots social movements offer alternative ways to view ideological differences, from cluster-concepts to micro-discourses, and even a planetary galaxy.
Expanded coverage includes:
- a new chapter on nationalism and globalization, which examines the work of Samuel Huntington, Kenichi Ohmae, Benjamin Barber, and many more, to explore fundamentalism in Islamic politics
- increased coverage of global environmental politics, including Shivaās Stolen Harvest and Kellyās Thinking Green, examining the relationships between developed and developing countries
- fresh material on socialist politics post-1989 and the rise of neo-fascist movements in the United States and Europe, including analysis of Hayden and Flacksā āThe Port Huron Statement at 40ā and Bob Moserās āThe Age of Rageā
- an updated feminism chapter that considers the impact of third-wave, post-colonial, and so-called āpowerā feminists and incorporates new analysis of Wollstonecraftās A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Mohantyās Under Western Eyes Revisited
A thinking personās packageā¦
Nancy Love wrote Understanding Dogmas and Dreams with her edited collection in mindāthe two work together as a seamless package and give students great value for their money. Order the two books shrink-wrapped at significant savings.
Please specify ISBN 0-87289-287-5. For the full table of contents of Loveās reader, Dogmas and Dreams, click here.
This book title, Understanding Dogmas and Dreams (A Text), ISBN: 9781933116686, by Nancy S. Love, published by SAGE Publications (February 9, 2006) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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