# Introduction to Political Ideologies : Contexts, Ideas, and Practices

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Arvind Sivaramakrishnan
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106174)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106174)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Fascism Introduction and Main Ideas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/35d3a4090813) (Video)
2. [Fascism - problems. The religious right and Nazism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/097d6412fd93) (Video)
3. [Ordinary people's part in fascism. A worked example](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/6dc4bcf28e02) (Video)
4. [Background and forms of conservatism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/25ef6d853f87) (Video)
5. [Main ideas and main problems in conservatism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/09f5ec0c053b) (Video)
6. [Short recap. Politics in a conservative society. India survey evidence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/6e77668a4aa4) (Video)
7. [Worked example](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/ace9b411dfc1) (Video)
8. [Introduction. Main ideas with examples](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/13e70adf1032) (Video)
9. [Forms of the liberal state.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/df053f5bc549) (Video)
10. [Forms of liberalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/039e99a18aa2) (Video)
11. [Multiculturalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/6ae1b8e786b8) (Video)
12. [Main problems in liberalism.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2c10257055af) (Video)
13. [Marx Biography and Main Concepts Lecture 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2769d0b7008c) (Video)
14. [Marx main concepts lecture 2.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/311a1e59295d) (Video)
15. [Contradictions, cyclical crises in capitalism. Problems in Marx.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/a667c5d01b81) (Video)
16. [Marx - worked examples older and current.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/001d1b722b3f) (Video)
17. [Historical background; global appeal, recent revival; Catalonia; Occupy.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2e1796fbb439) (Video)
18. [Anarchism main ideas and examples. The Mondragón Corporation.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/4d68ccafd4fe) (Video)
19. [Mutualism; syndicalism; anarchocapitalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/c5e3b427dce4) (Video)
20. [Evaluating anarchism - debates and examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/709a4fead211) (Video)
21. [Intro, historical background leading to the present.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/192215f3eadf) (Video)
22. [Feminism - main concepts, with examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/640412b8de5c) (Video)
23. [Feminism and other ideologies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/5db7334d6133) (Video)
24. [Intersectionality and Intersectionality - worked examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/8ed2ded81ad4) (Video)
25. [Human environmental impact and forms of response. Ecological concepts. Examples and selected consequences.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/f930ba2cb102) (Video)
26. [Ecologism - main concepts, with examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/4bc0c5c68130) (Video)
27. [Ecologism and politics.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/f56dc28820b2) (Video)
28. [Ecologism today. Conceptual problems - the idea of nature. Natural capital - worked example](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/28da22845d9a) (Video)
29. [Poststructuralism; Derrida and Foucault; background and explanation. Political engagement.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/a6d9a932ce6a) (Video)
30. [Postmodernism; challenge to and contrast with modernism; wide impact. Postmodern theory. Criticisms. The Sokal Hoax.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/cc59e09a0bdd) (Video)
31. [Recap on problems in Derrida and Foucault. Postmodernist theory. Worked example 1.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/eb378b63b8bf) (Video)
32. [Postsructuralism and postmodernism worked examples 2 and 3.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/f3bbb28fc90b) (Video)
33. [Definitions. Theocracy - main themes, main problems, with examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/5ae4272cc2de) (Video)
34. [Fundamentalism - contexts for emergence, types of fundamentalism, rejection of modernity, Manichaean vision. Problems.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/60ef38d26d46) (Video)
35. [Worked examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2901455d6bb4) (Video)
36. [Definitions - technocracy and managerialism. Outline of technocracy - long history. Main problems - examples. Plato's analogy.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2a74221d4bdf) (Video)
37. [Managerialism - self-conception; efficiency; claim to expertise; problems and failures - conceptual and empirical; examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2d21e6244f62) (Video)
38. [Technocracy and managerialism - worked examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/d3ab14be98cb) (Video)
39. [Nationalism - introduction.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/ae4bff6eebc2) (Video)
40. [Nationalism - main themes. The nation; community or organic community; self-determination; identity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/c0953e1f8146) (Video)
41. [Identity politics. Forms of nationalism. Nationalism and colonialism.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/8b326df05184) (Video)
42. [Nationalism - conceptual problems. Brexit.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/2467b946f048) (Video)
43. [Worked examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/49cf91f9ee27) (Video)
44. [Republicanism and Citizenship Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/075b8b4c0b3d) (Video)
45. [Citizenship as substantive membership of the polity.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/dd6a6995f0e0) (Video)
46. [Republicanism and Citizenship problems and conclusion. Worked examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/b7334f7ccaee) (Video)
47. [Live Session 19-02-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/35d3a4090813-2) (Video)
48. [Live Session 12-03-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/097d6412fd93-2) (Video)
49. [Live Session 12-04-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/6dc4bcf28e02-2) (Video)
50. [Live Session 20-02-2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/25ef6d853f87-2) (Video)
51. [Live Session 11-03-2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/09f5ec0c053b-2) (Video)
52. [Live Session 03-03-2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/6e77668a4aa4-2) (Video)
53. [Live Session 24-03-2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/ace9b411dfc1-2) (Video)
54. [Live Session 14-04-2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106174/13e70adf1032-2) (Video)