Ideologies in the Age of Extremes: Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991

ISBN-13: 9780745327112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Willie Thompson

Opis

This is a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as The Age of Extremes - from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"Ideologies in the Age of Extremes" introduces the key ideologies of the age; liberalism, conservatism, communism and fascism. Willie Thompson identifies the political influence of mass movements as a key feature. He uses a powerful approach that considers the different ideologies in relation to each other. This allows him to shows that they often emerged from a common root or merged into a common future, stealing each other s clothes and reinventing themselves as the stark opposite of a competing ideology.
This sophisticated yet accessible analysis will be of great interest to students of 20th century history and political theory."