The Political Uses of Ideology [electronic resource

The problem of ideology has intrigued me for some time. I first became interested in it when, as an undergraduate, I read the literature about totalitarianism. Subsequently, I wrote a Ph.D. thesis on 'The Concept of Ideology' under the supervision of Professor Maurice Cranston at the L.S.E Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Idéologues....Pages 3-12 Marx’s Concept of Ideology as False Consciousness....Pages 13-23 Marx’s Concept of Ideology as Apology....Pages 24-31 Ideology within Sociology and Philosophy....Pages 32-47 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Milton’s Areopagitica....Pages 51-59 Paine’s Common Sense....Pages 60-71 Comte’s Appeal to Conservatives....Pages 72-79 Koestler’s Darkness at Noon....Pages 80-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Marxism....Pages 97-110 Conservatism....Pages 111-125 Liberalism....Pages 126-139 Conclusion....Pages 140-142 Back Matter....Pages 143-170