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    toddb posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago

    Can anybody recommend a nice, concise text that explains the key points/differences between political ideologies? I don’t have time to pore over countless political books or thousands of pages of text. Thanks.

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      ML light replied 5 years, 3 months ago

      Nothing is simple and easy in this regard, you have to pour over the history to really grasp where we are politically. The resident Giza librarian should be helpful with this one @madkat (Winston1984). Also, Sir Roger Scruton could help: “How to be a Conservative”, and “Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands — thinkers of the new left”.

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          Scarmoge replied 5 years, 3 months ago

          … if you are looking for something quick and dirty try one of the following
          1) Political Ideologies : a comparative approach
          by Rejai, Mostafa, or 2) Ideals and Ideologies of Modern Politics by Hagopian, Mark N.

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            Winston1984 replied 5 years, 3 months ago

            I concur, it’s difficult to just “pigeon hole” something like this…but me personally, I look to people like James H. Billington’s “Fire in the Minds Of Men” and the works of people like Eric Voeglin to understand the impetus driving them, and so on.