Ideology
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| - | An '''ideology''' is an organized collection of ideas. The word ''ideology'' was coined by Count [[Antoine Destutt de Tracy]] in the late [[18th century]] to define a "science of ideas." An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare [[Weltanschauung]]), as in common sense (see [[Ideology#Ideology in everyday society|Ideology in everyday society]]) and several [[philosophical]] tendencies (see [[Ideology#Political ideologies|Political ideologies]]), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society. The main purpose behind an ideology is to offer change in society through a normative thought process. Ideologies are systems of abstract thought (as opposed to mere [[ideation]]) applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political tendency entails an ideology whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought. | ||
| - | Ideologies in texts are the idea the author is trying to get out to the audience whether it would be "good vs evil" or "men are strong and women look after the house." | + | An '''ideology''' is a set of conscious and [[unconscious mind|unconscious]] [[idea]]s that constitute one's goals, [[expectation (epistemic)|expectation]]s, and [[action theory (philosophy)|actions]]. An ideology is a comprehensive vision, a way of looking at things (compare [[worldview]]) as in several [[philosophical]] tendencies (see [[#Political ideologies|political ideologies]]), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of [[socialization]]). |
| - | (For the [[Marxism|Marxist]] definition of ''ideology'' see [[Ideology#Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction|Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction]]) | + | Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political or economic tendency [[logical consequence|entails]] an ideology whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought. |
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| *[[Hegemony]] | *[[Hegemony]] | ||
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An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology is a comprehensive vision, a way of looking at things (compare worldview) as in several philosophical tendencies (see political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of socialization).
Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political or economic tendency entails an ideology whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought.
See also
- Hegemony
- Posthegemony
- -ism
- List of ideologies named after people
- Paradigm
- System justification
- Social criticism
- Socially constructed reality
- Noble lie
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