ideology Flashcards
marxist view on ideology
marxists argue that ideology is something used by the rulling classes in order to make sure that the power of the rulling class isnt questioned.
creates a false class conciousness
geller
an example of the marxist view of ideology is nationlism the state perpretuates feelings of togetherness and rpide in a country to maintian the flase class counciousness that we are 'all in this together; when in reality we are not preventing a woking class revolution
neo marxism on ideology
maduro argues that idoelogies such as relgion an be fundamental in creaitng soical change and freeing peopel form opression
gamsci argues that organic intellectuals cna created a coutner hegamony that suppoerts the working classes agaisnt capitlaism
(liberation theology)
feminism on ideology
the main rosle of idoelgoy is to opress women and promote patriarhcal controls
ex religious ideologies blocks women from top positoins and uses scrutural arguemnts to opress them
marks on feminism and ideology
ideas from idoelgoies sucha science have been used to justify exclding women from sports, education, mannaul labour all the more opression back to having to be a hosuewife
mannheim on ideology
mannheim argues that ideologies are cosntiantly made throught he world view of whoever is making it
- ideolgoies can cause stagnation if a perosn makes an ideology on the view that the world is good such as functionalism
- or utopian ideolgoies that are seeing society through a negative lense are negative and cause disruptive changes such as marxism
instead ideolgoies must be made that arent subjective and aply to anyone to create a ‘free floating intelleigensia’ of dielogy makers whoare impartial int heri worldview
critcism of the feminsit view of ideolgoy
ideolgieis have been used in the past in order to liberal women from opression
woodhead argues tha relgions forms of feminstsm such as the quakers and unitarians are pivitol as they
criticms of mannheim
ideolgoies are so diametrically opposed that it owuld be impossible to make a unsubjecitg ideolgoy which fits everyones
marxists and the enw right int he same ideology wouldnt work
science as an ideology to understand the world
science as an ideolgoy isnt opressive it is rather the oppostive by allowing all claims ot be falsiiable, challenged and changes
the role of science is to not be opressed by self sustining arugemtns and subsidury arguemtns of religion
popper falsificationa nd mertons cuods norms
criticism of popper
kuhn aruges that science is opressive as it make peopel be socialised into bleeiving the domiannt paradigma dn anyone who deviates fromt hat is usually shunned awya