Ideologies in Action: Morphological Adaptation and Political Ideas

Ideologies in Action: Morphological Adaptation and Political Ideas explores how political ideas move across geographical, social, and chronological boundaries, proposing new methods for understanding how political entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens deploy and redefine ideologies. It combines conceptual morphology with close readings of the vernacular and experiential dimensions of ideologies in action to offer new insights into how ideologies in varied social and political settings can be decoded and challenges hierarchical distinctions between ideological producers and consumers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Ideologies in Action: Morphological Adaptation and Political Ideas delves into the intricate dynamics of how political ideas transcend geographical, social, and chronological boundaries. Through a comprehensive examination of North American and European case studies spanning from populist tax revolts to parenting advice manuals and online learning environments, the contributors present innovative approaches to understanding how political entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens deploy and redefine ideologies. These diverse groups, as consumers and producers of ideology, draw upon pre-existing transnational ideological concepts and narratives to make sense of the world. They also adapt and reconfigure ideological material to support their own political aims, desires, and policy objectives, combining common conceptual elements such as freedom, order, national identity, democracy, community, and equality with deeply embedded sentiments and imaginations rooted in cultural and social practices.

To unravel the complexities of these ideological practices, the contributors to this volume employ a blend of conceptual morphology, which emphasizes the emergence of meaning through connections between political ideas, and close readings of the vernacular and experiential dimensions of ideologies in action. This book offers fresh perspectives on deciphering ideologies in diverse social and political contexts, challenging hierarchical distinctions between ideological producers and consumers. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Political Ideologies, further contributing to the field of ideology studies.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367496067