In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the century. This book is the first major account of political thought in twentieth-century Europe, both West and East, to appear since the end of the Cold War. Skillfully blending intellectual, political, and cultural history, Jan-Werner Muller elucidates the ideas that shaped the period of ideological extremes before 1945 and the liberalization of West European politics after the Second World War. He also offers vivid portraits of famous as well as unjustly forgotten political thinkers and the movements and institutions they inspired. Muller pays particular attention to ideas advanced to justify fascism and how they relate to the special kind of liberal democracy that was created in postwar Western Europe. He also explains the impact of the 1960s and neoliberalism, ending with a critical assessment of today's self-consciously post-ideological age.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300194128
eBay Product ID (ePID)
148959796
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Jan-Werner Muller
Publication Name
Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
305 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
481g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jan-Werner Muller
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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