Political Science and Ideology
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