POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - The German Ideology, Class Conflict, Heredity
21 Nov 2012
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Ideology - idea ; logos = science: de tracy, 1795, napoleon will attack ideology and a negative connotation will be associated with it. The german ideology by karl marx and fredric engel interpretation of the movement of society given by a particular social class by presenting them as being universal and even as necessary. Ideologies are the expression of both relationships of power and class struggle. An ideology will justify the position and the point of view of a particular social class by presenting it as universal and necessary. This need is usually blocked by from factor or another by society i. e. existing social classes. This ideal needs to be put into action. Ideologies are future oriented i. e. after the french rev. Gets rid of the heredity principle (social hierarchies) and monarchs, conservative thinkers will put forth a form of thinking that is based on natural hierarchy.
