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Jan 1, 1996 · A concise and accurate definition for ideology today is “a powerful system of ideas.” Ideologies and their impacts, both salient and subtle, manifest everywhere, at all scales.
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Explaining citizens’ preference for, say, a war effort or for welfare benefits by pointing to their supposedly distinct values (militarism or equality)—that is, their political ideology—is somewhat akin to explaining that the reason opium induces sleep is its “soporific quality” (cf. Lau et al., 1991).
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An ideology is a set of opinions or beliefs of a group or an individual. Very often ideology refers to a set of political beliefs or a set of ideas that characterize a particular culture. Capitalism, communism, socialism, and Marxism are ideologies.
Though ideology has been much debated in sociology, it has been decribed as ‘the most elusive concept in the whole of the social sciences’ (McLellan, 1995, quoted in Heywood, 2003: 5). Heywood listed the following meanings of ideology: a political belief system; an action-oriented set of political ideas;
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Synonyms of ideology. 1. a. : a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture. b. : the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program. c. : a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or culture. 2. : visionary theorizing. ideologist. ˌī-dē-ˈä-lə-jist. ˌi-
Synonyms for IDEOLOGY: doctrine, philosophy, creed, gospel, dogma, axiom, theory, testament, credo, manifesto.
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The fundamental approaches to ideology aim to shed light on how knowledge is distributed, the conditions of individuals receiving the knowledge, and the transformations in their ways of thinking. One of the most accepted definitions of ideology was proposed by Karl Marx.
