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Makes the case for a more subtle and mind-opening perspective on ideology ... people who regard themselves as immune to ideological contagion would do well to read Blakely’s book. -- Inside Higher Ed
Citizens are too easily "lost in ideology". In this terrific book, Jason Blakely clarifies the shifting pathways and maps that shape both ideologies and possibilities for moving beyond them. -- Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University and co-author of Degenerations of Democracy
This is a warm, humanist and vital book for our moment which does a tremendous job mapping the ideological terrain of the past 200 years. It manages to do so with both sophistication and a democratic sensibility. One is reminded of the quote attributed to Terence: "Nothing human is foreign to me". How many books can you point to where Michael Oakeshott, Wendy Brown, Marx and Mill, all are taken seriously and put in dialogue with one another? -- Matt McManus, author of The Political Right and Equality and co-host of the Academic Edgelords podcast
Lost in Ideology is an intellectual feast for anyone interested in politics and intellectual history, brilliantly demonstrating the importance of the latter to the former. Whether decisively intervening in today’s fascism debates, or thoughtfully explicating the many forms of environmentalism and feminism, Blakely assuredly guides the reader through leading ideas in today’s political discourse. He thereby joins the ranks of great theorists of ideology, building on an already formidable foundation of contributions to interpretive social science. -- Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, Cornell University
Jason Blakely is perhaps our finest critic of misplaced appeals to scientific authority in political life. But what's the alternative? In Lost in Ideology, he both posits and performs one, arguing that we are meaning-making animals, politics is cultural, and we must learn to interpret the ideologies we inevitably hold. Along the way, Blakely offers a brilliant tour d'horizon of modern politics, from fascism to feminism, socialism to sexual politics, and more – modeling a way of thinking and arguing we desperately need more of today: generous, humane, and even hopeful. -- Matthew Sitman, co-host of Know Your Enemy
A fascinating new book ... Shadi [Hamid] and I loved the book. -- Damir Marusic, Wisdom of Crowds Podcast
Elegant and provocative … Lost in Ideology is a teacher’s book whose greatest lesson is not about the content of major ideologies, but about the place of ideology in a life well-lived. Blakely reminds us that we humans are 'meaning-making animals' who craft stories to make sense of our encounters with others, with ourselves, and with the world. -- The Dispatch
Quite simply the best guide to today’s dominant ideologies … Blakely is concise, sympathetic, insightful, critical and fair. -- America Magazine
Excellent survey of the major ideological alternatives in the West … rigorous but digestible. -- The Hedgehog Review
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Survey of Influential Trends in American Thought
Great for understanding why and how the country and its citizens have acted and justified their actions in particular ways over the centuries. Important for non-philosophers to understand what happens under the hood of movements.
5.0 out of 5 stars Cuts through the political noise
Forget the trendy politics books and candidate memoirs that come out in an election year. With the way politics are in the U.S. right now, it's far more useful to have a guidebook that zooms out and helps trace how we got here--and why it's so hard to understand/empathize with the political views of your family, neighbors, colleagues, [fill in the blank]. That's what Blakely's book does. It's rare to find an author who can go deep on a range of ideological views and reconstruct why each is attractive, tracing how each has gained the following it has. Also: you think you understand political ideologies. This book will show you that your political education is nowhere near as broad/comprehensive as you think it is.
A book for our times
We are living in a time saturated with ideology. Blakely offers an illuminating and evenhanded approach to navigating the political storms around us.
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Editorial Reviews
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Makes the case for a more subtle and mind-opening perspective on ideology ... people who regard themselves as immune to ideological contagion would do well to read Blakely’s book. -- Inside Higher Ed
Citizens are too easily "lost in ideology". In this terrific book, Jason Blakely clarifies the shifting pathways and maps that shape both ideologies and possibilities for moving beyond them. -- Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University and co-author of Degenerations of Democracy
This is a warm, humanist and vital book for our moment which does a tremendous job mapping the ideological terrain of the past 200 years. It manages to do so with both sophistication and a democratic sensibility. One is reminded of the quote attributed to Terence: "Nothing human is foreign to me". How many books can you point to where Michael Oakeshott, Wendy Brown, Marx and Mill, all are taken seriously and put in dialogue with one another? -- Matt McManus, author of The Political Right and Equality and co-host of the Academic Edgelords podcast
Lost in Ideology is an intellectual feast for anyone interested in politics and intellectual history, brilliantly demonstrating the importance of the latter to the former. Whether decisively intervening in today’s fascism debates, or thoughtfully explicating the many forms of environmentalism and feminism, Blakely assuredly guides the reader through leading ideas in today’s political discourse. He thereby joins the ranks of great theorists of ideology, building on an already formidable foundation of contributions to interpretive social science. -- Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, Cornell University
Jason Blakely is perhaps our finest critic of misplaced appeals to scientific authority in political life. But what's the alternative? In Lost in Ideology, he both posits and performs one, arguing that we are meaning-making animals, politics is cultural, and we must learn to interpret the ideologies we inevitably hold. Along the way, Blakely offers a brilliant tour d'horizon of modern politics, from fascism to feminism, socialism to sexual politics, and more – modeling a way of thinking and arguing we desperately need more of today: generous, humane, and even hopeful. -- Matthew Sitman, co-host of Know Your Enemy
A fascinating new book ... Shadi [Hamid] and I loved the book. -- Damir Marusic, Wisdom of Crowds Podcast
Elegant and provocative … Lost in Ideology is a teacher’s book whose greatest lesson is not about the content of major ideologies, but about the place of ideology in a life well-lived. Blakely reminds us that we humans are 'meaning-making animals' who craft stories to make sense of our encounters with others, with ourselves, and with the world. -- The Dispatch
Quite simply the best guide to today’s dominant ideologies … Blakely is concise, sympathetic, insightful, critical and fair. -- America Magazine
Excellent survey of the major ideological alternatives in the West … rigorous but digestible. -- The Hedgehog Review
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Survey of Influential Trends in American Thought
Great for understanding why and how the country and its citizens have acted and justified their actions in particular ways over the centuries. Important for non-philosophers to understand what happens under the hood of movements.
5.0 out of 5 stars Cuts through the political noise
Forget the trendy politics books and candidate memoirs that come out in an election year. With the way politics are in the U.S. right now, it's far more useful to have a guidebook that zooms out and helps trace how we got here--and why it's so hard to understand/empathize with the political views of your family, neighbors, colleagues, [fill in the blank]. That's what Blakely's book does. It's rare to find an author who can go deep on a range of ideological views and reconstruct why each is attractive, tracing how each has gained the following it has. Also: you think you understand political ideologies. This book will show you that your political education is nowhere near as broad/comprehensive as you think it is.
A book for our times
We are living in a time saturated with ideology. Blakely offers an illuminating and evenhanded approach to navigating the political storms around us.
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