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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465389903321

Autore

Hybel Alex Roberto

Titolo

The power of ideology : from the Roman Empire to Al-Qaeda / / Alex Roberto Hybel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-58964-8

9786613902092

0-203-87706-3

1-134-01250-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 73

Disciplina

320.5

Soggetti

Political science - History

Ideology - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Power of Ideology From the Roman Empire to Al-Qaeda; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Political ideology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages; 2 Beginnings and restructuring: The intermingling of religion and politics between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe and the Americas; 3 The strengthening of an empire, the materialization of a new one, and the emergence of novel ideologies: 1750-1871; 4 A world system destabilized by five ideologies: 1871-1914; 5 A world still burdened by multiple conflicting ideologies: 1919-1990

6 The resurgence of forgotten ideologies7 The dialectical nature of political ideologies in the world system; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the Roman Empire, leaders have used ideology to organize the masses and instil amongst them a common consciousness, and equally to conquer, assimilate, or repel alternative ideologies. Ideology has been used to help create, safeguard, expand, or tear down political communities, states, empires, and regional or world systems. This book explores the multiple effects that competing ideologies have had on the world system for the past 1,700 years: the author examines the



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