The Philosophic Roots of Modern Ideology
THE PHILOSOPHIC ROOTS OF MODERN IDEOLOGY is a unique compendium of the most potent political forces of modernity--massive movements and groundbreaking historic events have been the causes and consequences of these ideologies. Professors Ingersoll, Matthews, and Davison have done the scholarly community an invaluable service by putting together a magnificent volume that reads like an epic saga of the best and the worst of humanity over the last two hundred years. To weave this dramatic history of ideas and movements into a graceful and convincing narrative is a spectacular feat of scholarly erudition and imagination. --Hamid Dabashi, Columbia UniversityThe abiding merit of PHILOSOPHIC ROOTS OF MODERN IDEOLOGY is that it is not condescending to the reader. This is so important. The reader has a genuine sense that he or she is being respected as an intellect by the authors. Given the complexity of the subject matter, not to mention the erudition of the authors, achieving this feat is no small task. With its smart, intellectual style, THE PHILOSOPHIC ROOTS OF MODERN IDEOLOGY is a valuable contribution and will fill a much-needed gap. --Gregory White, Smith College