/lit/ - Literature

I'm looking for books that trace the origins and history of the various political ideologies.

Why are certain thinkers, like Maimonides or Averroes, never mentioned on /lit while people like Aquinas or Boethius are routinely namedropped? IS there a system to what /lit likes to discuss? To provide some modern examples, I've never seen Rorty, Whitehead or Peirce being discussed.

>people thinking in two political dimensions
pls
there's more than one axis here guys
economically "right wing" = capitalism (right)
economically "left wing" = socialism (left)
socially "right wing" = hierarchal (up)
socially "left wing" = egalitarian (down)

Fascism is as far up as you can be, while straddling the middle line between socialism and capitalism, as the apt "middle way" its ideologues intended! It's more complex than simple red/blue conservative/progressive, these are all centrist views in a grid populated at the fringe by commies, theocrats, eco-terrorists and Randroids, in that order.

Since a few of you didn't understand it, here is a better image than OP's that clarifies the scale.

What is a book, short story,magazine article, or short piece of nonfiction that has significantly impacted your life?