Great Ideas And Grand Schemes: Ideologies In the 19th and 20th Centuries

This book is primarily intended for use in either Introduction to Political Theory or Political Ideologies courses. It provides students with a comprehensive and systematic introduction to political theories and ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries. The text is organized into four parts. Part I describes the leading ideologies of the twentieth century. Part II describes the totalitarian ideologies of the twentieth century. Part III deals with the three ideologies that have dominated the politics of democratic societies in the twentieth century. Part IV examines three nascent ideologies that are becoming increasingly potent political forces. In the concluding chapter entitled ''Beyond Ideologies'' various versions of ''the end of ideology'' theory are considered.Thomas W Heilke is the author of 'Great Ideas And Grand Schemes: Ideologies In the 19th and 20th Centuries', published 1995 under ISBN 9780070555198 and ISBN 0070555192.