Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life

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“An intellectual feast… Blakely joins the ranks of great theorists of ideology.” ― FRANK PASQUALE, Cornell University

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Makes the case for a more subtle and mind-opening perspective on ideology ... people who regard themselves as immune to ideological contagion would do well to read Blakely’s book.” ― INSIDE HIGHER ED

Modern political life is a confusing terrain of competing ideologies. Jason Blakely offers readers a lively, fresh and insightful guide through the labyrinth. Lost in Ideology sets out from the conviction that the current disorientation engulfing the world's liberal democracies is in no small part ideological in origin. People feel confused because there are multiple ideological maps, so to speak, each marked by dramatically different points of interest, rivers, summits, roads, and total topographies. Ideology in the modern era has the paradoxical effect of orienting millions whilst it disorients millions more. This leads us to the predicament in which individuals of every imaginable political stripe confidently declare: "I have a theory – but you? You have an ideology!"

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“Makes the case for a more subtle and mind-opening perspective on ideology ... people who regard themselves as immune to ideological contagion would do well to read Blakely’s book.” ― Inside Higher Ed

“Lost in Ideology is an intellectual feast for anyone interested in politics and intellectual history, brilliantly demonstrating the importance of the latter to the former. Whether decisively intervening in today's fascism debates, or thoughtfully explicating the many forms of environmentalism and feminism, Blakely assuredly guides the reader through leading ideas in today's political discourse. He thereby joins the ranks of great theorists of ideology, building on an already formidable foundation of contributions to interpretive social science.” ― Frank Pasquale, Cornell University

“Citizens are too easily "lost in ideology". In this terrific book, Jason Blakely clarifies the shifting pathways and maps that shape both ideologies and possibilities for moving beyond them.” ―Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University

“This is a warm, humanist and vital book for our moment which does a tremendous job mapping the ideological terrain of the past 200 years. It manages to do so with both sophistication and a democratic sensibility.” ― Matt McManus, co-host of Academic Edgelords

“Jason Blakely is perhaps our finest critic of misplaced appeals to scientific authority in political life. But what's the alternative? In Lost in Ideology, he both posits and performs one, arguing that we are meaning-making animals, politics is cultural, and we must learn to interpret the ideologies we inevitably hold. Along the way, Blakely offers a brilliant tour d'horizon of modern politics, from fascism to feminism, socialism to sexual politics, and more – modelling a way of thinking and arguing we desperately need more of today: generous, humane, and even hopeful.” ― Matthew Sitman, co-host of Know Your Enemy

“Fascinating ... Shadi [Hamid] and I loved the book.” ― Damir Marusic, co-host, Wisdom of Crowds

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Jason Blakely is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu. He is the author of We Built Reality: How Social Science Infiltrated Culture, Politics and Power (2020) and Interpretive Social Science (2018).

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A Great Survey of Influential Trends in American Thought

v. · 25 July 2024

Great for understanding why and how the country and its citizens have acted and justified their actions in particular ways over the centuries. Important for non-philosophers to understand what happens under the hood of movements.

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Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life

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