Drezner explains, because his message reinforces their worldview
Another critique.... genetic because the principle is good for them and rationalizes their position
Drezner explains, because his message reinforces their worldview
Another critique.... genetic because the principle is good for them and rationalizes their position
Thomas Friedman’s
thought leader
To hold a belief with a false consciousness is to hold it whilebeing ignorant of, or self-deceived about
Reminds me of the definition or similar circumstance of "bad faith" presented by Birt
beliefs that are held with a false consciousness are heldbecause of the unconscious influence of noncognitive motives,
Re-states the idea of beliefs held at false consciousness in order for reader to better understand the second relation between ideology and class
First, ideologiesare not created in a cultural vacuum but emerge in a particular sociohistorical dis-cursive context, against the background of a given life-world. T
The following sentence helps to better explain the statement Shelby is trying to make here
metaphysical mystification. Here the subordinate positionof the oppressed or the dominance of their oppressors is taken to have a super-naturalexplanation. The relations of domination are believed to be a consequenceof some mysterious act of fate, God’s will, or the forces of the underworld
Is this similar to the idea of Manifest Destiny as the whites spread throughout the Indian territory?
What I want to focus on presently, though, is the distinctive social functionsthat Marxists attribute to ideologies.
Again addresses what will next be presented in his work. Clearly lets his readers know what to expect
Epistemic critique
Anyone have an easier way in which to explain this or an example?
forms of social consciousness (or at least some elements of them) maybe held without full conscious awareness
Does this connect back to another reading we had? It sounds familiar, but I cannot seem to remember exactly which previous reading it is associated with, if any (it could be from another class).
their common belief would no doubt be racist, but it wouldn’t constitute aracist ideology
So here, this is not considered an ideology because it is not a belief that is widely shared?
precisely does it mean to say that racism is “ideological”
Question that the essay is focused upon
I shall offer a systematicreconstruction of the concept of ideology. This will entail three things: (a) pro-viding a clear and cogent definition of “ideology,” (b) locating the concept withinthe ongoing development of critical social theory, and (3) explaining the polit-ical significance of the practice of ideology-critique.
Outlines how he will organize the rest of this work (the layout)--> similar to how Bartky outlined her goals in last paragraph of Section I in Foucalt, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power