The book features two significant texts and a selection of shorter writings by Eduard Bernstein, a prominent social-democratic thinker and politician. It offers a comprehensive look at his ideas, marking the first complete English translations of these works. Bernstein's contributions to social democracy are explored, providing insights into his political philosophy and the historical context of his time. This collection serves as an essential resource for understanding Bernstein's impact on socialist thought.
The collection features six significant texts and selected shorter writings by Eduard Bernstein, a prominent social-democratic thinker and politician, now available in English for the first time. It offers insights into Bernstein's perspectives on socialism, reform, and political strategy, showcasing his influence on modern social democracy. This compilation serves as a crucial resource for understanding his contributions to political theory and the evolution of social movements.
Over its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and study ideology today? What is its connection to key issues in social life and social research, such as capitalism and class, democracy and partisanship, nationality, sex and gender, race and ethnicity? In this book, Marius S. Ostrowski navigates a path through the complex maze of ideology’s rival interpretations, tracing the shifting fortunes of ideology analysis from its classical origins to its recent renaissance. The result is a concise interdisciplinary overview of how ideologies combine and arrange ideas and how they manifest in our psychology and behaviour. Drawing on a wide array of examples from across the world, the book outlines the historical preconditions that allowed modern ideologies to emerge and illuminates how we experience ideology’s influence in our day-to-day lives. Ideology will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars across the social sciences and anyone seeking to understand the way ideology shapes how we understand the world around us.
