Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history. This is a hotly-debated topic, and much of the literature is both polemical and inaccessible to the novice. Thompson, however, presents key ideas in a straightforward way, making these debates relevant to students' own work.

From the late 1980s the seemingly firmly established communist movement collapsed with dramatic suddenness.

From the late 1980s the seemingly firmly established communist movement collapsed with dramatic suddenness.

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,...