The Western Ideology and Other Essays

Front Cover -- The Western Ideology And Other Essays -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: An Intellectual Journey -- Intellectual And Political Influences -- Notes On The Essays -- Theme 1: Hayek And Neo-liberalism -- Theme 2: Socialism And Social Democracy -- Theme 3: Oakeshott And Conservatism -- Theme 4: Politics And Fate -- 1 The Western Ideology1 -- Modernity And The West -- Liberal Political Economy -- Critiques Of The Western Ideology -- The Future Of The Western Ideology -- 2 Neo-liberalism And The Tax State1 Strands Of Neo-liberalism -- Neo-liberalism And Classical Liberalism -- Three Types Of Household -- The Tax State -- Fiscal Conservatism And Economic Crisis -- 3 Ideas And Interests In British Economic Policy1 -- Political Economy And Public Policy -- Individualism And Collectivism -- Rise Of Collectivism Reversed? -- The Process Of Mass Democracy -- Doctrines In The Marketplace Of Ideas -- The Interest Critique -- Dominance Of Special Interests In Policy Goals -- Marxist Model Of Class Interests -- Public Choice Theory And Public Goods -- The Public Policy Critique Political Pressures, Not 'meaningless Abstractions', The Key? -- Incremental Solutions To Policy Problems -- No Final Victory? -- The Rediscovery Of Civil Association -- 4 Hayek On Knowledge, Economics And Society1 -- The Division Of Knowledge -- The Knowledge Of Other Minds -- Unintended Consequences: Two Kinds Of Rationalism -- Economics And Policy -- 5 Marxism After Communism1 -- Crawling From The Wreckage -- Transcending Historicism -- Transcending Realism -- Imperialism And War -- Hegemony -- Accumulation And Regulation -- The Reproduction Of Capital -- The Future Of Marxism 6 G.d.h. Cole And The History Of Socialist Thought1 -- Life -- What Is Socialism? -- State Action And Cooperation -- Marxism -- Marx And Marxism -- Parliamentary Socialism -- 7 Social Democracy In A Global World1 -- Social Democracy In One Country -- Contemporary Dilemmas Of Social Democratic Politics -- Engagement And Disengagement: Where Have All The Citizens Gone? -- Accountability And Sovereignty: Do Governments Decide Anything Any More? -- Complexity And Knowledge: Can Citizens Participate In Decision-making? -- Conclusion -- 8 The Quest For A Great Labour Party1 -- The 1931 Crisis The Project For A Great Labour Party -- The Inevitability Of Gradualism -- The Extraparliamentary Road -- Macdonald's Legacy -- 9 Oakeshott's Ideological Politics1 -- Ideology -- Oakeshott And The Conservative Disposition -- Oakeshott And The Liberal Disposition -- 10 Oakeshott And Totalitarianism1 -- The Concept Of Totalitarianism -- Social And Political Doctrines Of Contemporary Europe -- Faith And Scepticism -- Civil Association And Enterprise Association -- Conclusion -- 11 The Drifter's Escape1 -- Alienation And The American Dream -- Apocalypse Now -- The Political World -- The Prison Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. The Graveyard. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.