Overview
- Introduces the concept of idea systems to describe how ideas can codify social groups
- Analyzes the discursive strategies through which these idea systems are maintained and made impervious to criticism
- Uses diverse case studies: Europe’s witch hunts, the Mao Zedong-era “revolutions,” and the U.S. War on Terror
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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The European Witch Hunts
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The New Revolution in China
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The War on Terror
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"Gordon Chang’s bold and stunning book excavates the ideological codes that sustain social and political movements across time, space, and cultures. Ranging from early modern European witchcraft to the Chinese cultural revolution and the US war on terrorism, this comparative study provides illuminating insights and reflections on how new ideas morph into social movements with rare and extreme political consequences. The book provides an essential roadmap for exploring the symbolic links of ideas to the institutional frameworks that perpetuate them. It is a stimulating and informative 'must read' for scholars of social and political philosophy and students of the sociology of knowledge." (Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of African and African-American Studies Research Center, University of California, San Diego)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revolution and Witchcraft
Book Subtitle: The Code of Ideology in Unsettled Times
Authors: Gordon C. Chang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17682-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17681-4Published: 21 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17684-5Published: 24 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17682-1Published: 20 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 415
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Sciences, general, Political Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociological Theory