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

Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …

significant tensions between institutions’ publicised ideology of child welfare and reli- gious salvation, and readers, in the strongest possible terms, the ideology underpinning child emigration work: as a means with an unprece- dented scrutiny.’30 The imperial ideology that underpinned child emigration schemes was


DDN: Dundurn Press · 9 July 2024 English

From Trench Town to the top of the world — one man's inspiring fight for meaning, dignity, and respect. Tiga’s Tale chronicles the remarkable life of world champion boxer Barrington …

mix of testosterone, moonshine, and political ideology threatening to ig- nite at any moment. Fortunately


NSP: New Society Publishers · 25 June 2024 English

Deep polarization in our society prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. The Solutionary Way offers a practical approach, providing clear and achievable methods to bridge …

and become attached to a particular perspective, ideology, or solution. To illustrate what I mean by this


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English

Throughout the twentieth century in the lands of Yugoslavia, socialists embarked on multiple projects of supranational unification. Sensitive to the vulnerability of small nations in a world of great powers, …

literary debates with broader questions of political ideology and facilitating the cross-pollination of political Eastern Europe. Chapter 5 argues that this Slavic ideology found especially fertile soil among Yugoslav


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 June 2024 English

Since the first edition of this popular text was published in 1984, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has transformed the role of the courts in Canadian politics. Addressing current …

near-decade in power, as well as new readings regarding ideology and political polarization on the Supreme Court sect known as the Witnesses of Jehovah. Their ideology condemns the established church institutions


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 4 June 2024 English

Voting Online investigates the effects of cyber elections by looking at how adoption of online voting affects attitudes towards democracy, who uses and who benefits from the voting mode, the …

173 A5.II.2 Who benefits from online voting – Ideology 173 A5.II.3 Did online voting affect campaigning status 100 5.3 Who benefits from online voting: Ideology 101 5.4 Did online voting affect campaigning? income, homeownership, and race) as well as ideology are related to voting method. Neither candidates correlated with support for online voting, including ideology, age, and personality. Incumbent status also under specific circumstances. The findings for ideology and incumbency are of particular note, since candidates


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 28 May 2024 English

Reckoning with the experiences of refugees can inform epistemological and practical approaches to humanizing migrant populations before, during, and after their resettlement. Contributors explore what it means to experience dehumanization, …

and Friedrich Engels. (1845) 1998. The German Ideology. New York: Prometheus.36 Abu- Laban, Frishkopf


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 May 2024 English

For decades, national policy-making has focused on GDP, with growth celebrated as the main standard for deciding how well countries are doing. Yet GDP is a short-term indicator that captures …

social capital. Even more than that, the national ideology of Pancasila (five principles) is also incorporated


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 14 May 2024 English

Political activist ethnography is a research strategy that reveals how ruling regimes are organized so activists and social movements can fight them. This volume adopts an approach to inquiry that …

standpoint of an OCAP member allowed me to reject the ideology of objective sociology and generalizabil- ity


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 14 May 2024 English

In every sphere of life, division and intolerance has polarized communities and entire nations. The learned construction of the Other—an evil “enemy” against whom both physical and discursive violence is …

coalitions are suspected as pur- veyors of foreign ideology infringing on national sovereignty; corporations the dominant culture driven by the political ideology of majoritarianism and rooted in a sense of superior- “‘Torchbearers upon the Path of Progress’: Britain’s Ideology of a ‘Moral and Material Progress’ in India Col- onialism as Civilizing Mission: Cultural Ideology in British India, ed. Harald Fischer- Tiné and


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