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Abstract
"Professor David Kettler commented at the time of initial release, that this book is "writing with great poise and clarity, the author says important things in a deceptively simple way about a problem of paramount significance. A fine piece of clarification, blending just the right mixture of respect and impiety toward the important heroes of contemporary political science, this is the kind of book I look forward to having available for our courses in political theory."Ideology, though long pronounced moribund, continues to play a central role in contemporary political inquiry. In this reevaluation of the true function of political science, the author lays down guidelines for the construction of fruitful political interpretations in the large areas where ideological assumptions and claims cannot be adequately tested. He analyzes two representative theories of power in American society-those of the "pluralists" who affirm and the "elitists" who dispute the case for democracy-and demonstrates how personal preferences and group-oriented interests enter into the development of these concepts. Speaking to all social scientists and students engaged in the study of political processes, Connolly details the methods by which the investigator-who inevitably brings his own beliefs and values to the task-can lay bare and control the ideological aspects of his own work and that of others.A critical examination of the writings of some of the leading figures in recent and contemporary political inquiry, such as Karl Mannheim, C. Wright Mills, Robert Dahl, Daniel Bell, and Seymour Martin Lipset leads him to assign a decisive role for the political scientist in the creation of carefully formulated ideologies. An original mind, drawing upon an exceptionally rich store of knowledge, has here produced an important book which will be of immediate-and challenging-relevance to the work and studies of all scholars, graduate students, and majors in the field"--Provided by publisher.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyrihgt Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Problem of Ideology -- 2 The Ideological Context of Power Analysis -- Conceptual Decisions -- THE CONCEPT OF POWER -- Power and American Politics -- THE ELITIST THEORY -- THE PLURALIST THEORY -- Operational Tests -- THE METHOD OF FORMAL POSITION -- THE METHOD OF REPUTATION -- PARTICIPATION IN ISSUE RESOLUTIONS -- Power Analysis and Ideology -- 3 The Sociology of Knowledge -- The Sociology of Knowledge as Empirical Theory -- MARXIST ORIGINS -- SOCIAL DETERMINATION OF IDEAS -- IDEOLOGY AND UTOPIA -- THE INTELLECTUAL STRATUM -- The Sociology of Knowledge and Epistemology -- The Sociology of Knowledge: Critique -- SOCIAL DETERMINATION OF IDEAS -- IDEOLOGY AND UTOPIA -- THE INTELLECTUAL STRATUM -- THE IDEAL OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- Karl Mannheim: An Appraisal -- 4 The Concept of the Perspective -- Social Life and Mental Activity -- LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT -- THE GENERALIZED OTHER -- The Perspective and Political Ideology -- The Perspective and Higher Level Commitments -- The Importance of the Perspective -- 5 Toward Responsible Ideology -- The Notion of Responsibility -- Ideology as a Social Responsibility -- THE CASE FOR IDEOLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT -- RESPONSIBILITIES TO OPPOSING IDEOLOGIES -- IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLITICAL SCIENTIST: RECAPITULATION -- Responsible Ideology -- PERSPECTIV AL SELF-CLARIFICATION -- POLITICAL INTERPRETATION -- PROPOSALS FOR ACTION -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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