Ideology Flashcards
Bilderberg Conference
world leaders meet and decide the future of humanityand one individual exposes them, dismantles their organisation
The Problem with Biderberg Conference
false Ideologies can be stopped by exposing who implemented them
your own ideologies are seldom questioned
is ideology really only an idea
one person can not change everything alone
Who defines what ideology is true and false
Ideology
not just an idea - a lived practice
we are always in our Ideology (behaviour)
we do Ideology (pattern of thinking of which the evidence lies in our action
Louis Althussers Definition of Ideology
system of representation through which people live their relationship to the historical world
It interpelates subjects
Louis Althusser: Subjects
We are subjects within culture within Ideology
Louis Althusser: ISA
Ideological State Apparatus: church, the media, family
very powerful because they bind us to an ideology
Loius Althusser: Interpellation
process of internalization of the values of a culture
accepting ones subject position inside this culture
We are always already Interpellated.
There is no moment prior to interpellation
Louis Althusser: Family
teaches us things that are useful for the government: be hardworking, respect authorities, waking up early etc.
Pierre Macherey: The manifest/latent Text
The manifest text wants us to understand it. It contains the ideological project.
But if you really want to understand the text, you need to look at the latent text.
The contradictions within the text.
Accessible through symptomatic reading
neo marxism people
Louis althusser
pierre Macherey
master signifiers
empty, are filled with free floating signifiers
master: democracy, god, communism
free floating signifiers: freedom, justice, duty
Post Marxist users
Ernesto laclau
Chantal mouffe
Slavoj zizek
Ideological anamorphosis
You need to get close to something to truly understand it (Rammstein)
