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The rise of the global imaginary [electronic resource] : political ideologies from the French Revolution to the global war on terror / Manfred B. Steger.
By: Steger, Manfred B
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 318 p.).ISBN: 9780191700408 (ebook) :; 0191700401 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political science -- History | Right and left (Political science) -- History | Ideology -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199286942DDC classification: 320.5 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Combining political history, philosophical interpretation and story-telling, Steger traces ideology's remarkable journey from de Tracy's Enlightenment 'science of ideas' to George W. Bush's 'imperial globalism'. He finds in '-isms' an ability to articulate deep-seated understandings of community in global rather than national terms.
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Originally published: 2008.
Combining political history, philosophical interpretation and story-telling, Steger traces ideology's remarkable journey from de Tracy's Enlightenment 'science of ideas' to George W. Bush's 'imperial globalism'. He finds in '-isms' an ability to articulate deep-seated understandings of community in global rather than national terms.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.