The course gives a comprehensive overview to the modern political ideologies. It starts off with the concept of ideology itself, in both historical and contemporary context, by paying attention to different approaches to ideology vs discourse. We examine major ideologies  in a way to discuss the theoretical considerations first, and then the impact of these ideas. The course aim to put these ideologies into the context of social and political practice. Beside some classic ideologies (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, nationalism etc.) which all had significant impact in the history of ideas, we will discuss those ones which emerged more recently on global level. At the end, the role of ideologues and intellectuals will also be discussed.