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Sowell's book has been published both with and without the subtitle "Ideological Origins of Political Struggles". Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate calls Sowell's explanation the best theory given to date. [2] In his book, Pinker refers to the "unconstrained vision" as the "utopian vision" and the "constrained vision" as the "tragic vision". [3]
Education: Assumptions Versus History. Hoover Press. ISBN 0-8179-8112-8. 1987. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-06912-6. 1987. Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays. William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-07114-7. 1990. Preferential Policies: An International Perspective. ISBN 0-688-08599-7; 1993.
In the political field, a war of ideas is a confrontation among the ideologies that nations and political groups use to promote their domestic and foreign interests. In a war of ideas, the battle space is the public mind: the belief of the people who compose the population. This ideological conflict is about winning the hearts and minds of
A Conflict of Visions; A Few Words on Non-Intervention; A Vindication of the Rights of Men; Accountability; Action theory; Actual Idealism; Adam Müller; Adamites; Agency (philosophy) Aggravation of class struggle under socialism; Agonism; Al-Khidr; Alan Carter (philosopher) Alan Ryan; Alastair Norcross; Alexis de Tocqueville; Alfred Rosenberg ...
Conflict theories are perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement, while also emphasizing social psychology, historical materialism, power dynamics, and their roles in creating power structures, social movements, and social arrangements within a society.
Intellectuals and Society is a non-fiction book by Thomas Sowell. [1] [2] The book was initially published on January 5, 2010, by Basic Books.Intellectuals are defined as "idea workers" who exercise profound influence on policy makers and public opinion, but are often not directly accountable for the results.
Political ideologies have two dimensions: (1) goals: how society should be organized; and (2) methods: the most appropriate way to achieve this goal. An ideology is a collection of ideas. Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (e.g. autocracy or democracy ) and the best economic ...
Marx's theory of history asserts that in the history of economic systems such as capitalism and feudalism, class struggle is "the central fact of social evolution." [ 8 ] Indeed, the first sentence of Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto reads: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."