Ideologies And The Corruption Of Thought

Author : Joseph Gabel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351291903

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Edited and with an introduction by Alan Sica. In 1975 Joseph Gabel published a modern masterpiece which appeared in English as False Consciousness: An Essay on Reification. Combining his special knowledge of existential psychiatry, axiology, Marxism, and political history, Gabel proposed the utterly novel idea that victims of serious mental disturbances (especially paranoia and schizophrenia) reproduce those distorted thought patterns commonly associated with ideological beliefs at the collective level. Such beliefs initially had been laid bare in the 1920s by Gabel's intellectual progenitors, Karl Mannheim and George Lukacs. Gabel's remarkable innovation was to transfer the private crisis of mental collapse into the analytic framework previously reserved for ideological critique, making him an expert on what was later called "the micro-macro problem." Ideologies and the Corruption of Thought includes Gabel's essays over the last 40 years, characteristically treating micro and macro theoretical matters simultaneously. Originally written in French and German, they have been recast in idiomatic English and bibliographically updated. Using a unique mode and vocabulary of analysis, Gabel offers theoretical investigations of McCarthyism and Stalinism (original and more recent types), as well as Althusser, Orwell, and Jonathan Swift in his capacity as a psychiatric theorist. He also explores anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, and a fascinating case study of a paranoid who regarded himself as the pope. In addition this volume includes a range of general commentaries on ideological "thought," utopianism, and false consciousness. This rich feast of social and political analysis and theory illuminates a range of contemporary concerns: racism, utopian fantasy, ethnocentrism, anti-Semitism, the interplay of social structure and mental illness, and ideological transformations of social life, which only Gabel's unique mixture of the clinical and the political could achieve. It will be studied with interest by all theorists and politically alert readers in the social sciences, philosophy, and related fields of study.

Author : Joseph Gabel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1351291920

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Ideologies and the Corruption of Thought by Joseph Gabel Pdf

"Edited and with an introduction by Alan Sica.In 1975 Joseph Gabel published a modern masterpiece which appeared in English as False Consciousness: An Essay on Reification. Combining his special knowledge of existential psychiatry, axiology, Marxism, and political history, Gabel proposed the utterly novel idea that victims of serious mental disturbances (especially paranoia and schizophrenia) reproduce those distorted thought patterns commonly associated with ideological beliefs at the collective level. Such beliefs initially had been laid bare in the 1920s by Gabel's intellectual progenitors, Karl Mannheim and George Lukacs. Gabel's remarkable innovation was to transfer the private crisis of mental collapse into the analytic framework previously reserved for ideological critique, making him an expert on what was later called "the micro-macro problem."Ideologies and the Corruption of Thought includes Gabel's essays over the last 40 years, characteristically treating micro and macro theoretical matters simultaneously. Originally written in French and German, they have been recast in idiomatic English and bibliographically updated. Using a unique mode and vocabulary of analysis, Gabel offers theoretical investigations of McCarthyism and Stalinism (original and more recent types), as well as Althusser, Orwell, and Jonathan Swift in his capacity as a psychiatric theorist. He also explores anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, and a fascinating case study of a paranoid who regarded himself as the pope. In addition this volume includes a range of general commentaries on ideological "thought," utopianism, and false consciousness.This rich feast of social and political analysis and theory illuminates a range of contemporary concerns: racism, utopian fantasy, ethnocentrism, anti-Semitism, the interplay of social structure and mental illness, and ideological transformations of social life, which only Gabel's unique mixture of the clinical and the political could achieve. It will be studied with interest by all theorists and politically alert readers in the social sciences, philosophy, and related fields of study."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Matthew H. Bowker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317294481

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Ideologies of Experience by Matthew H. Bowker Pdf

Matthew H. Bowker offers a novel analysis of "experience": the vast and influential concept that has shaped Western social theory and political practice for the past half-millennium. While it is difficult to find a branch of modern thought, science, industry, or art that has not relied in some way on the notion of "experience" in defining its assumptions or aims, no study has yet applied a politically-conscious and psychologically-sensitive critique to the construct of experience. Doing so reveals that most of the qualities that have been attributed to experience over the centuries — particularly its unthinkability, its correspondence with suffering, and its occlusion of the self — are part of unlikely fantasies or ideologies. By analyzing a series of related cases, including the experiential education movement, the ascendency of trauma theory, the philosophy of the social contract, and the psychological study of social isolation, the book builds a convincing case that ideologies of experience are invoked not to keep us close to lived realities and ‘things-in-themselves,’ but, rather, to distort and destroy true knowledge of ourselves and others. In spite of enduring admiration for those who may be called champions of experience, such as Michel de Montaigne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others treated throughout the work, the ideologies of experience ultimately discourage individuals and groups from creating, resisting, and changing our experience, urging us instead to embrace trauma, failure, deprivation, and self-abandonment.

Author : Frederick Charles Copleston,Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : UOM:39015001738163

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Ideology, Philosophy, and Politics by Frederick Charles Copleston,Conference for the Study of Political Thought Pdf

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313049514

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Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815 [2 volumes] by Gregory Fremont-Barnes Pdf

By giving rise to new ideologies that in time transformed the political structure of much of the world, the American and French Revolutions stand as two of the most important political events in global history. The American establishment of a Republican government, and the gradual expansion of democracy that ensued, altered traditional political and social thought, thus shaping the later French Revolution and creating the core ethic of later American political values. The Enlightenment ideals of the French Revolution, as later spread by the armies of Napoleon, dissolved most traditional European notions of political authority. This encyclopedia offers current, detailed information on the people, events, movements, and ideas that defined the revolutions in France and America, as well as in other parts of the world during the late eighteenth-century Age of Revolutions. Besides numerous entries on various countries of Europe whose histories were affected by the French Revolution, such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Russia, the many entries covering the people, events, groups, and ideologies of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France include the following: Civil Constitution of the Clergy, Georges Jacques Danton, The Directory, Guillotine, Josephine, Empress of France, Law of Suspects, The Mountain, Prairial Insurrection, Tennis Court Oath, White Terror. Besides various entries covering American colonies/states, such as Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia, the numerous entries covering the figures, events, and ideologies of the American Revolution and Early Federal Period of the United States include the following: Abigail Adams, Boston Massacre, Constitutional Convention, William Franklin, Lexington and Concord, Actions at Loyalists, Massachusetts Government Act, Edmund Randolph, Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Finally, the encyclopedia offers various entries covering important revolutionary figures and movements that were active in other parts of the world during the period 1760-1815, including the following: Simon Bolivar, Dutch Revolutions, Haitian Revolution, Hispaniola, Latin American Revolutions, Mexican Revolution, Pugachev Rebellion, Toussaint l'Ouverture. Besides over 450 clearly written and highly informative entries, the encyclopedia also includes primary documents, a chronology, an extensive introductory essay, a bibliography, a guide to related topics, and a series of useful maps.

Author : Guoping Jiang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811040504

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Corruption Control in Post-Reform China by Guoping Jiang Pdf

The book examines corruption control in post-reform China. Contrary to the normal perception that corruption is a type of behavior that violates the law, the author seeks to approach the issue from a social censure perspective, where corruption is regarded as a form of social censure intended to maintain the hegemony of the ruling bloc. Such an approach integrates societal structure, political goals, and agency into a single framework to explain dynamics in corruption control. With both qualitative data from officials in power and officials in jail and quantitative data from university students, the book explores how the censure on corruption was created and has been applied from 1978 to the present. Though primarily intended for academics, the book is also accessible for general audiences, especially given its intriguing perspective and use of firsthand data on corruption that cannot be found anywhere else.

Author : G. Preparata
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230341418

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The Ideology of Tyranny by G. Preparata Pdf

The book ascribes the late state of paralysis affecting dissent in America to the adoption of a peculiar gospel of divisiveness, which was promoted in the Eighties by importing from France the "theories" of philosopher Michel Foucault.

Author : Leon P. Baradat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317345565

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Political Ideologies by Leon P. Baradat Pdf

Brief and accessible, Political Ideologies follows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically, this text examines each major ideology within a political, historical, economic, and social context. Leon Baradat's skillful prose ensures that students obtain a clear understanding of how ideas are influencing the political realities of our time.

Author : Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789353220013

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Flow of Thoughts by Hukmdev Narayan Yadav Pdf

Hukmdev Narayan Yadav is a sensitive leader with a passionate fighting spirit; and a parliamentarian who is sympathetic and diligent. He has left an indelible impression on the legislative assembly in Bihar as well as Indian Parliament. The book; ‘Flow of Thoughts’ (Talk of village; poor; farmers in Parliament) is a collection of his speeches delivered on various issues. He has raised important issues in both the Parliament and parliamentary committees. During zero hour in Parliament; while speaking on various issues pertaining to common interest; he has not only put forward constructive viewpoints before government and the nation; but when it comes to national and common interest; he is committed to the concept of nation first. On one hand Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia’s views show a deep impact on Shri Hukmdev‘s statements; on the other hand it reflects socio-economic aspects of principles held by originator of Integral Humanism; Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya and Mahatma Gandhi. While he speaks out with utmost sincerity regarding upliftment and rights of the backward groups and scheduled castes; at the same time he whole heartedly supports creation of a harmonious society as propagated by Deendayalji.

Author : Loren E. Lomasky,Fernando R. Tesón
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107115866

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Justice at a Distance by Loren E. Lomasky,Fernando R. Tesón Pdf

Justice at a Distance argues that global justice is largely caused by ill-designed local political structures, not because of insufficient aid.

Author : Anthony Parel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0889201285

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Ideology, Philosophy and Politics by Anthony Parel Pdf

These twelve essays, together with the editor's introduction, examine the relationship of ideology to philosophy and politics. Part one deals with theoretical underpinnings of ideology: definitions are posited, and the relationship of ideology to thought itself, to use and abuse of theory, to social theory, to the epistemology of politics, to technology, and to political culture are discussed. Part two treats ideology in its historical context, dealing with the word as introduced by Destutt de Tracy in 1798 and looking both forward and backward at such enquirers in the field as Aristotle, Bacon, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Karl Mannheim, and Leo Strauss. The volume presents original and provocative insights into the meanings and uses of ideology, as well as into specific "ideologies." The essays will be of importance to students of philosophy and sociology of knowledge, political scientists, and historians.

Author : John von Heyking,Lee Trepanier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780739173596

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Teaching in an Age of Ideology by John von Heyking,Lee Trepanier Pdf

Explores the role of some of the most prominent twentieth-century philosophers and political thinkers as teachers.

Author : Warda Samara,Malaka Samara
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030991500

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The Power of Perceptions in the Middle East by Warda Samara,Malaka Samara Pdf

This book analyzes conflicting political views and narratives held by different forces, both at the local and regional levels in the Middle East. Based on case studies and analysis of local economic projects, it highlights the often conflicting concepts and visions for economic and social development in the Middle East as espoused by rival political groups and grassroots organizations. The book also discusses the power of perceptions and knowledge production in shifting dynamics of power and changing the social-political dynamics in the Middle East. Furthermore, it provides a case study on the multidimensional problem of the Sykes-Picot Agreement. It will appeal to scholars of Middle Eastern politics and economics as well as political decision-makers and investors, interested in the political and economic development of the Middle East.

Author : Bernard Bailyn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674076662

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn Pdf

To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, ”Fulfillment,” as a Postscript. Here he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution. This detailed study of the persistence of the nation’s ideological origins adds a new dimension to the book and projects its meaning forward into vital present concerns.

Author : Mostafa Rejai
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780202366708

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Ideology by Mostafa Rejai Pdf

Since the early 1950s, the "decline of ideology" hypothesis has commanded a great deal of attention in the intellectual community at large. Th e controversy has taken both empirical and polemical turns. Th is book concentrates on the empirical literature, off ering both original contributions and previously published papers of outstanding importance. Selections were made to give full play to freshness of view and diversity of sources. The book presents the hypothesis of ideological decline as set forth by two of its major spokesmen, brings together essays that subject this hypothesis to empirical tests in both Western and non-Western contexts, and then presents both positive and negative evaluations of the hypothesis. Avoiding an "ex cathedra" definition of ideology, the editor and contributors scrutinize the nature of ideology and its workings and suggest approaches to the comparative treatment of ideologies. This book offers the first clear and wide-ranging overview of the putative decline of ideology, a concept burdened by a history of emotional argumentation. Changes in the function of ideology in the Soviet Union, the United States, Western Europe, and Japan are examined, and the ideological dimension of student movements of the 1960s is taken into account. "Ideology: Comparative and Cultural Status" is an expertly edited presentation of contrasting views of a vital topic. It is ideally suited for use in a variety of courses in the area of political thought and political sociology. "Mostafa Rejai" is distinguished professor emeritus of political science at Miami University, Ohio. Some of his most recent books include "Concepts of Leadership in Western Political Thought, Leaders and Leadership: An Appraisal of Theory and Thought," and "World Military Leaders: A Collective and Comparative Analysis" (all with Kay Phillips). His articles have appeared in several scholarly journals.