Our modern age is preeminently an Age of Ideology. It is true that in some sense of the term, ideology has always been and always will be with us. There has never been a time when human behavior, including political behavior, has not been largely affected by the mental images, or stereotypes, through which men have grown accustomed to perceive and judge the world around them...These ideologies (with which we are concerned here) are the broad and comprehensive doctrines like liberalism, communism, or fascism, which have emerged in the past two hundred years as a peculiar and often decisive factor in contemporary politics. In ways that were never true before, our modern wars are ideological wars, our party conflicts ideological conflicts. Without some understanding of the nature and effects of these ideologies, no study of modern politics, foreign or domestic, could possibly make sense. To provide an introductory basis for coming to grips with this problem is the purpose of this book.
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Hardback, fairly good condition. Old library copy, some library markings. Previous owner's name inscribed on inner leaflet.
Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1964. First edition.