Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics

This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which recent work has challenged, and indeed preserved,...

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Main Author: Blackburn, Dean
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41623/
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description This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which recent work has challenged, and indeed preserved, older assumptions about the nature and function of political ideas. In doing so, it pursues two objectives: it seeks to demonstrate the consequences of regarding ideas as a significant feature of twentieth-century politics, and it attempts to encourage a more vibrant dialogue between historians and other disciplines that are contributing to the field of ideology studies.
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spelling nottingham-416232020-05-04T18:39:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41623/ Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics Blackburn, Dean This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which recent work has challenged, and indeed preserved, older assumptions about the nature and function of political ideas. In doing so, it pursues two objectives: it seeks to demonstrate the consequences of regarding ideas as a significant feature of twentieth-century politics, and it attempts to encourage a more vibrant dialogue between historians and other disciplines that are contributing to the field of ideology studies. Taylor & Francis 2017-03-29 Article PeerReviewed Blackburn, Dean (2017) Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics. Journal of Political Ideologies, 22 (2). pp. 116-130. ISSN 1469-9613 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569317.2017.1298549 doi:10.1080/13569317.2017.1298549 doi:10.1080/13569317.2017.1298549
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Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title_full Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title_fullStr Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title_full_unstemmed Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title_short Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
title_sort still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century british politics
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