Reflections on Political Ideologies: A Reader and A Workbook
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 142
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The Reflections on Political Ideologies: A Reader and A Workbook introduces students to the major political ideologies that have shaped governments, societies, and political thought throughout history. Combining classic and contemporary readings with guided questions and reflection exercises, the workbook encourages readers to examine foundational ideas such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, feminism, environmentalism, and Indigenous political thought. Through the writings of influential thinkers including Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mill, Edmund Burke, Karl Marx, Isaiah Berlin, bell hooks, and others, students explore competing perspectives on freedom, equality, justice, rights, and the role of government.
Throughout the workbook, each unit pairs primary source readings with key terms, reading questions, and personal reflection activities that encourage critical analysis and civic engagement. Readers are challenged to compare political theories, evaluate contemporary issues through different ideological lenses, and develop their own informed perspectives on topics such as democracy, liberty, social justice, environmental responsibility, and human rights. By integrating philosophical texts with interactive exercises, the book helps students strengthen their critical thinking, analytical reading, and political reasoning skills while gaining a deeper understanding of the diversity and evolution of political ideologies.
Unit 1 Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal
Key Terms and Reading Questions
Reader 1 : Declaration of Independence
Reflection Exercise: How Do YOU View Natural Rights?
Unit 2 Proto-Liberalism and Liberalism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Hobbes
Reader 2: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Reflection Exercise: View from a State of Zombies!
Key Terms and Reading Questions—JS Mill
Reader 3: Chapter 1: Introductory
Chapter 2: Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion
Reflection Exercise: Who Is Shunned Now?
Unit 3 Conservatism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Burke
Reader 4 : Edmund Burke, “The Nature of Society”
Reflection Exercise: Views from Your Past
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Kristol
Reader 5 : Irving Kristol, “The Neoconservative Persuasion”
Reflection Exercise: New NeoCon or Not?
Unit 4 Socialism and Marx
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Marx
Reader 6 : Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Introduction and Section I. “Bourgeois and Proletarians” within “The Communist Manifesto”
Reflection Exercise: An Owner’s Perspective
Unit 5 Liberalism Divided
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Berlin
Reader 7: Isaiah Berlin, “Two Conceptions of Liberty”
Reflection Exercise: Free to/Free from
Unit 6 Revisionist and Non-Marxist Socialism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Marcuse
Reader 8: Herbert Marcuse, “The New Forms of Control”
Reflection Exercise: Commodified Self
Unit 7 Fascism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Wolin
Reader 9: Sheldon Wolin, “Myth in the Making”
Reflection Exercise: Seeing through the Myth
Unit 8 Liberation Ideologies
Key Terms and Reading Questions—hooks
Reader 10: bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Reflection Exercise: A Feminist of One’s Own
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Corvino
Reader 11: John Corvino “Why Shouldn’t Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality”
Reflection Exercise: YOUR View of His Argument
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Alfred and Corntassel
Reader 12: Taiaiake Alfred and Jeff Corntassel “Being Indigenous: Resurgences against Contemporary Colonialism”
Reflection Exercise: A Fourth World View
Reading Questions—Tapahonso
Reader 13: Luci Tapahonso, “A Birthday Poem” and “Blue Horses Rush In”
Reflection Exercise: Indigenous Orientation
Unit 9 Ecology as an Ideology
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Vanderheiden
Reader 14: Steven Vanderheiden “Climate Change and Intergenerational Responsibility”
Reflection Exercise: Are YOU Morally Obligated?
Tara Lennon's academic training is in political philosophy and international relations. She earned dual bachelor's in government and psychology at Wesleyan University and her master's and doctorate in political theory and international relations at Arizona State University. Her studies focused on theories of political representation.
Prior to her appointment at ASU, she managed program evaluation teams that assessed state agencies and school districts for the Auditor General's Office—the research branch of the Arizona State Legislature. At ASU, she teaches political theory, researches pedagogy and civil deliberation, and develops courses and student opportunities that integrate her interests in public policy and normative theory. She also oversees ASU’s participation in the Arizona Legislative Internship Program, and directs the School of Politics and Global Studies’ Junior Fellows program and the Politics and Culture of Ireland global experience.
Her research projects include Twitter's impact on civic engagement, active learning and simulations, and the effectiveness of civil deliberation training in and outside of the classroom.
The Reflections on Political Ideologies: A Reader and A Workbook introduces students to the major political ideologies that have shaped governments, societies, and political thought throughout history. Combining classic and contemporary readings with guided questions and reflection exercises, the workbook encourages readers to examine foundational ideas such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, feminism, environmentalism, and Indigenous political thought. Through the writings of influential thinkers including Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mill, Edmund Burke, Karl Marx, Isaiah Berlin, bell hooks, and others, students explore competing perspectives on freedom, equality, justice, rights, and the role of government.
Throughout the workbook, each unit pairs primary source readings with key terms, reading questions, and personal reflection activities that encourage critical analysis and civic engagement. Readers are challenged to compare political theories, evaluate contemporary issues through different ideological lenses, and develop their own informed perspectives on topics such as democracy, liberty, social justice, environmental responsibility, and human rights. By integrating philosophical texts with interactive exercises, the book helps students strengthen their critical thinking, analytical reading, and political reasoning skills while gaining a deeper understanding of the diversity and evolution of political ideologies.
Unit 1 Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal
Key Terms and Reading Questions
Reader 1 : Declaration of Independence
Reflection Exercise: How Do YOU View Natural Rights?
Unit 2 Proto-Liberalism and Liberalism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Hobbes
Reader 2: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Reflection Exercise: View from a State of Zombies!
Key Terms and Reading Questions—JS Mill
Reader 3: Chapter 1: Introductory
Chapter 2: Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion
Reflection Exercise: Who Is Shunned Now?
Unit 3 Conservatism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Burke
Reader 4 : Edmund Burke, “The Nature of Society”
Reflection Exercise: Views from Your Past
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Kristol
Reader 5 : Irving Kristol, “The Neoconservative Persuasion”
Reflection Exercise: New NeoCon or Not?
Unit 4 Socialism and Marx
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Marx
Reader 6 : Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Introduction and Section I. “Bourgeois and Proletarians” within “The Communist Manifesto”
Reflection Exercise: An Owner’s Perspective
Unit 5 Liberalism Divided
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Berlin
Reader 7: Isaiah Berlin, “Two Conceptions of Liberty”
Reflection Exercise: Free to/Free from
Unit 6 Revisionist and Non-Marxist Socialism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Marcuse
Reader 8: Herbert Marcuse, “The New Forms of Control”
Reflection Exercise: Commodified Self
Unit 7 Fascism
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Wolin
Reader 9: Sheldon Wolin, “Myth in the Making”
Reflection Exercise: Seeing through the Myth
Unit 8 Liberation Ideologies
Key Terms and Reading Questions—hooks
Reader 10: bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Reflection Exercise: A Feminist of One’s Own
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Corvino
Reader 11: John Corvino “Why Shouldn’t Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality”
Reflection Exercise: YOUR View of His Argument
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Alfred and Corntassel
Reader 12: Taiaiake Alfred and Jeff Corntassel “Being Indigenous: Resurgences against Contemporary Colonialism”
Reflection Exercise: A Fourth World View
Reading Questions—Tapahonso
Reader 13: Luci Tapahonso, “A Birthday Poem” and “Blue Horses Rush In”
Reflection Exercise: Indigenous Orientation
Unit 9 Ecology as an Ideology
Key Terms and Reading Questions—Vanderheiden
Reader 14: Steven Vanderheiden “Climate Change and Intergenerational Responsibility”
Reflection Exercise: Are YOU Morally Obligated?
Tara Lennon's academic training is in political philosophy and international relations. She earned dual bachelor's in government and psychology at Wesleyan University and her master's and doctorate in political theory and international relations at Arizona State University. Her studies focused on theories of political representation.
Prior to her appointment at ASU, she managed program evaluation teams that assessed state agencies and school districts for the Auditor General's Office—the research branch of the Arizona State Legislature. At ASU, she teaches political theory, researches pedagogy and civil deliberation, and develops courses and student opportunities that integrate her interests in public policy and normative theory. She also oversees ASU’s participation in the Arizona Legislative Internship Program, and directs the School of Politics and Global Studies’ Junior Fellows program and the Politics and Culture of Ireland global experience.
Her research projects include Twitter's impact on civic engagement, active learning and simulations, and the effectiveness of civil deliberation training in and outside of the classroom.