Böcker av Kenneth Minogue

Taking on the challenge of the postmodernists of politics, Kenneth Minogue argues forcefully and persuasively that the current dominant philosophies of education rest upon a mistake

Taking on the challenge of the postmodernists of politics, Kenneth Minogue argues forcefully and persuasively that the current dominant philosophies of education rest upon a mistake. The belief that the university is society's handmaiden is confronted by a view of the university as an institution with an independent vitality and function.

The term "ideology" can cover almost any set of ideas, but its power to bewitch political activists results from its strange logic: that the modern Western world is actually the most oppressive system of despotism the world has ever seen. This work takes this complex construction apart, analyzing its logical, rhetorical, and psychological devices.

Explores the intelligentsia's love affair with social perfection and reveals how that idealistic dream is destroying exactly what has made the inventive Western world irresistible to the people of foreign lands. This book looks at how Western morality has evolved into mere "politico-moral" posturing about admired ethical causes.