Ideology

An ideology (/ˌʌɪdɪˈɒlədʒi/) is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially as held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied primarily to economic, political, or religious theories and policies, in a tradition going back to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, more recent use treats the term as mainly condemnatory.The term was coined by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher, who conceived it in 1796 as the "science of ideas" to develop a rational system of ideas …

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AUP: Athabasca University Press · 22 November 2024 English

“Dopp looks closely at hockey myths but not solely to debunk them. Hockey on the Moon offers a conversation in the best sense. This is hockey talk that works across …

claimed by elite organizations who used the ideology of amateurism to exclude players who were deemed


Fraser Institute · 19 November 2024 English

Since 2015, the federal government has significantly increased spending on Indigenous Peoples. The annual Indigenous budget has almost tripled from 2015 to 2025, growing (in nominal dollars) from roughly $11 …

And, within the parameters of his Progressive ideology, Mr. Trudeau has indeed made strenuous efforts


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

supremacistxx DANGLING IN THE GLIMMER OF HOPE ideology, but most importantly, Watson describes her unlearning


WomanACT: Woman Abuse Council of Toronto · 6 November 2024 English

We call on the government to not delay passing Bill-173 due to research and that the existing comprehensive research and reports that share the voices and experiences of survivors and …

long-term dynamics of abuse, the heteronormative ideology of families, and the role of the family court


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

of par- ameters — and perpetuated this outdated ideology by firmly impressing it on the generations that


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English

Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …

most radical time of Franco’s regime. Franco’s ideology, in essence, was order, stability, work, family family in its strictest sense. The Francoist ideology was well in tune with the values of the local


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English

Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.

relevant, 1988 book, Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy, University of Sylvia Noble Tesh, Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy (New Brunswick


Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

The annual index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. …

as a definition: a candi- date with a political ideology that makes a sharp distinction between “the people” does not align with any particular political ideology: there are populists on the left and the right


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Approaching the novels of early Quebec through the counterintuitive lens of the sacred, Lisa Gasbarrone challenges negative views of these novels as dated and even unreadable for the contemporary reader. …

Gauvreau offers a more nuanced view of the church’s ideology, arguing that the social upheaval of the 1960s twenty-first century, it is hard to see a progressive ideology in texts that are inevitably products of their Subsequent readers, skeptical of the reli- gious ideology associated with the novel, rejected it on the


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …

country, analyzing their main characteristics, ideology, and reper- toires of actions. Scrivens and Perry and an altogether different, if not opposed, ideology. In that, radicalism could be progressive or references. In this context, typologies based on ideology and targets are difficult to operationalize. ” who can be said to “engage” with a radical ideology or “commit” to it with actual action. This is variables behind engagement and com- mitment (ideology, peer influence, sense of community, fascination


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