Ideology (Concepts in the Social Sciences / Series Editor, Frank Parki)

By David McLellan

Book Overview

In this introductory textbook, Professor McLellan looks at the origins of the concept of ideology, analyzes its use in the Marxist and non-Marxist traditions and assesses the various uses to which it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816628033
• ISBN13: 9780816628032
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Very short overview

This is an extremely brief overview of the term "ideology." But in these few pages, David McLellan manages to trace the concept as it was interpreted by many different people and schools of thought from Marx and Marxists to structuralists and postmodernists. Usually, "ideology" is a word used very liberally without much thought given to its meaning, but McLellan shows us the political meanings and intricate history that lie behind it.