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- The Western Ideology brings together for the first time Andrew Gamble's writings on political ideas and ideologies, which illustrate the main themes of his writing in intellectual history and the history of ideas, including economic liberalism and neoliberalism, and critiques from both social democratic and conservative perspectives.
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- Western Ideology and Other Essays (Online)
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- Western Ideology and Other Essays (Online)
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- The graveyard.
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- Contents
- The project for a Great Labour Party -- The inevitability of gradualism -- The extraparliamentary road -- MacDonald's legacy -- 9 Oakeshott's Ideological Politics1 -- Ideology -- Oakeshott and the conservative disposition -- Oakeshott and the liberal disposition -- 10 Oakeshott and Totalitarianism1 -- The concept of totalitarianism -- Social and political doctrines of contemporary Europe -- Faith and scepticism -- Civil association and enterprise association -- Conclusion -- 11 The Drifter's Escape1 -- Alienation and the American Dream -- Apocalypse now -- The political world -- The prison
- 6 G.D.H. Cole and the History of Socialist Thought1 -- Life -- What is socialism? -- State action and cooperation -- Marxism -- Marx and Marxism -- Parliamentary socialism -- 7 Social Democracy in a Global World1 -- Social democracy in one country -- Contemporary dilemmas of social democratic politics -- Engagement and disengagement: where have all the citizens gone? -- Accountability and sovereignty: do governments decide anything any more? -- Complexity and knowledge: can citizens participate in decision-making? -- Conclusion -- 8 The Quest for a Great Labour Party1 -- The 1931 crisis
- Political pressures, not 'meaningless abstractions', the key? -- Incremental solutions to policy problems -- No final victory? -- The rediscovery of civil association -- 4 Hayek on Knowledge, Economics and Society1 -- The division of knowledge -- The knowledge of other minds -- Unintended consequences: two kinds of rationalism -- Economics and policy -- 5 Marxism After Communism1 -- Crawling from the wreckage -- Transcending historicism -- Transcending realism -- Imperialism and war -- Hegemony -- Accumulation and regulation -- The reproduction of capital -- The future of Marxism
- Strands of neo-liberalism -- Neo-liberalism and classical liberalism -- Three types of household -- The tax state -- Fiscal conservatism and economic crisis -- 3 Ideas and Interests in British Economic Policy1 -- Political economy and public policy -- Individualism and collectivism -- Rise of collectivism reversed? -- The process of mass democracy -- Doctrines in the marketplace of ideas -- The interest critique -- Dominance of special interests in policy goals -- Marxist model of class interests -- Public choice theory and public goods -- The public policy critique
- Front Cover -- The Western Ideology and Other Essays -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction: An Intellectual Journey -- Intellectual and political influences -- Notes on the Essays -- Theme 1: Hayek and neo-liberalism -- Theme 2: Socialism and social democracy -- Theme 3: Oakeshott and conservatism -- Theme 4: Politics and fate -- 1 The Western Ideology1 -- Modernity and the West -- Liberal political economy -- Critiques of the western ideology -- The future of the western ideology -- 2 Neo-liberalism and the Tax State1
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- ssj0002503249
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Gamble, Andrew.
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The Western Ideology and Other Essays [electronic resource]
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Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
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