
Dominant Ideologies (RLE Social Theory)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-138-96792-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume leading international scholars elaborate upon the central issues of the analysis of ideology: the nature of dominant ideologies. The ways in which ideologies are transmitted; their effects on dominant and subordinate social classes in different societies; the contrast between individualistic and collectivist belief systems; and the diversity of cultural forms that coexist within the capitalist form of economic organization.
This book is distinctive in its empirical and comparative approach to the study of the economic and cultural basis of social order, and in the wide range of societies that it covers. Japan, Germany and the USA constitute the core of the modern global economy, and have widely differing historical roots and cultural traditions. Argentina and Australia are white settler societies on the periphery of the capitalist world-system and as a result have certain common features, that are cut across in turn by social and political developments peculiar to each. Britain after a decade of Thatcherism is an interesting test of the efficacy of an ideological project designed to change the cultural values of a population. Poland shows the limitations of the imposition of a state socialist ideology, and the cultural complexities that result.
This book is distinctive in its empirical and comparative approach to the study of the economic and cultural basis of social order, and in the wide range of societies that it covers. Japan, Germany and the USA constitute the core of the modern global economy, and have widely differing historical roots and cultural traditions. Argentina and Australia are white settler societies on the periphery of the capitalist world-system and as a result have certain common features, that are cut across in turn by social and political developments peculiar to each. Britain after a decade of Thatcherism is an interesting test of the efficacy of an ideological project designed to change the cultural values of a population. Poland shows the limitations of the imposition of a state socialist ideology, and the cultural complexities that result.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-96792-2 (9781138967922)
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Authored by Turner, Bryan S.; Abercrombie, Nicholas; Hill, Stephen
Content
1. Britain: The Dominant Ideology Thesis After a Decade Stephen Hill 2. Poland: Ideology, Legitimacy and Political Domination Jan Pulanski 3. Coercion as Ideology: The German Case Scott Lash 4. Re-Reading Japan: Capitalism, Possession, and the Necessity of Hegemony Anthony Woodiwiss 5. Argentina: Dominant Ideology of Dominant Cleavage? Ephraim J. Nimini 6. Australia: The Debate about Hegemonic Culture Bryan S. Turner 7. Japan and the USA: The Interpenetration of National Identities and the Debate about Orientalism Roland Robertson 8. Popular Culture and Ideological Effects Nicholas Abercrombie 9. Conclusion: Peroration on Ideology Bryan S. Turner