Ideology (The New Critical Idiom)

David Hawke's Ideology is a refreshingly clear, even-handed overview of the broad subject of ideology. Hawkes considers all the various meanings and definitions, and traces the history of the debates surrounding ideology from Martin Luther through to modern approaches such as feminism and psychoanalysis. In his conclusion he considers whether, in the face of age of post-war capitalism and postmodernism is the ideology debate obsolete? This comprehensive, lucid volume will be essential reading for students of literary theory.