Essays on Ideology

Personal dictators remain a key feature of contemporary regimes termed ‘authoritarian’ or ‘totalitarian’, particularly in their early consolidating phases. But there is still disagreement over the seemingly ideological, polemical and indiscriminate use of the term totalitarian dictatorship as an analytic concept and tool to guide foreign policy formulation. 1 Jeane Kirkpatrick elevated the taxonomy to…

“We live in a world of dramatic change and the old ideologies that have dominated the last century do not provide the answers”. (Tony Blair). Do you think Blair’s “Third Way” provides the answer? In this essay I intend to examine the underlying concepts of the Third Way and the solutions it has to offer…

The theory behind Reaganomics was sound, but when applied in real life its consequences are still present more than ten years after the fact. The tax cuts applied early in Reagan’s first term cemented the ideology for what the next eight years of his reign would uphold. The Economic Recovery Tax Act would cut taxes…

Intended for the enjoyment of the present-day youth generation, the 2007 comedy film Knocked Up deals with more than just comedic issues. Technically introduced as a romantic comedy, this film serves more to its comedic orientation. With awkward romance and stoner mannerisms, the laughs are plentiful for the intentional audience of Knocked Up. However, as…

Guerra i Outline Thesis: A key concept to understanding Hannah Arendt’s “Total Domination” is the essence of terror and the importance of concentration camps in maintaining the Nazi totalitarian state. 1. There are numerous parts to the ideology behind the fundamental belief of totalitarianism. A) “…that everything is possible, is being verified.”(Total Domination, 280) B)…

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Liberal vs. Conservative Growing up in a home that could be characterized as a political battlefield was traumatic. I spent the first decade of my life living peacefully with two left- winged hippie parents. My mother had hair like Rapunzel and my dad worked as a jazz musician. Life…

“My primary interest is to explain something out there that impinges me, and I would sell my soul to the devil if I thought it would help.” Eric Wolf’s interest into the realm of anthropology emerged upon recognition of the theorist- imposed boundaries, encompassing both theories and subjects, which current and past anthropological scholars had…

Human nature insists on a definition for every concept. The field of strategic management cannot afford to rely on a single definition of strategy, indeed the word has long been used implicitly in different ways even if it has traditionally been defined formally in only one. Explicit recognition of multiple definitions can help practitioners and…

The post-Thatcherite New Right ideology evolved from a combination of elements of neo-Liberal and neo-Conservative ideologies, and although these are occasionally contradictory in nature, they set the New Right apart from traditional Conservatism. The neo-liberal principles prevalent in the ideology of the New Right includes a laissez-faire view of welfare, strong support for individualism and…

How successful is neo-liberalism in explaining why states cooperate?             Neo-liberalism is a political movement, which originated from Classical Liberalism during 1970s. In general, neo-liberalism stands on the same core principles and ideas of Liberalism such as to project values of order, cooperation, liberty, justice and toleration into International Relations. The same as neo-realism, respectively…