# Books on Political Ideology **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002 "2012-11-24T18:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Modevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/1 "2012-11-24T18:51:02Z")
I’m interested in learning about different political ideologies. Any good books on the topic? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/2 "2012-11-24T19:05:50Z")
Since this is about books, let’s move it over to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/3 "2012-11-24T23:50:41Z")
[Moral Politics (book) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Politics) This one is my very favorite on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/4 "2012-11-25T07:58:48Z")
Are you asking about a book that is some kind of survey of political ideologies with descriptions of them? Or scholarly in-depth studies of particular ideologies? Or books by ideologues trying to explain themselves and their beliefs? ---
**Author:** ![Modevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/5 "2012-11-25T14:51:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Are you asking about a book that is some kind of survey of political ideologies with descriptions of them? Or scholarly in-depth studies of particular ideologies? Or books by ideologues trying to explain themselves and their beliefs? Scholarly in-depth studies of particular ideologies. I guess I should have been more clear. Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![Modevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/6 "2012-11-25T14:57:45Z")
> [@Modevo](#): > > Scholarly in-depth studies of particular ideologies. I guess I should have been more clear. Whoops. Scratch that. 😃 I guess more like a introduction to the various ideologies out there, in one book. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-political-ideology/642002/7 "2012-12-05T17:03:07Z")
_Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington_ by Richard Brookhiser is a great, concise look at early American republicanism, and shows how fortunate we were to have such a good start. Garry Wills’s _Cincinnatus_ covers the same ground at much greater length.