The Meaning of Ideology

This is the first collection to bring together leading scholars from diverse disciplines to offer a variety of perspectives on ideology and its analysis. It was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Political Ideologies.

Michael Freeden is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies at the University of Oxford; Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford; and a UK Economic and Social Research Council Professorial Fellow for 2004-2007. He is the founder editor of the Journal of Political Ideologies.

Introduction. Ideology and Political Theory. Ideology and History. Ideology and Literature. Ideology and Government. Ideology and Culture. Ideology and Post-Marxism. Ideology and Discourse. Ideology and Language. Ideology and Law. Ideology and Sociology: Reflections on Karl Mannheim's Ideology and Utopia. The Debate