Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300194128)

In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the century.

This book is the first major account of political thought in twentieth-century Europe, both West and East, to appear since the end of the Cold War. Skillfully blending intellectual, political, and cultural history, Jan-Werner M ller elucidates the ideas that shaped the period of ideological extremes before 1945 and the liberalization of West European politics after the Second World War. He also offers vivid portraits of famous as well as unjustly forgotten political thinkers and the movements and institutions they inspired.

M ller pays particular attention to ideas advanced to justify fascism and how they relate to the special kind of liberal democracy that was created in postwar Western Europe. He also explains the impact of the 1960s and neoliberalism, ending with a critical assessment of today's self-consciously post-ideological age.

Author: Jan-Werner M?ler
ISBN-10: 0300194129
ISBN-13: 9780300194128
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2013
Pages: 305
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d