Social Ideology

A Social Ideology is an ideology that guides a social agent's goals, expectations, and actions.

• AKA: Social Evaluation-centric Belief System.
• Context:
  • It can range from being a Weak Social Ideology to being a Strong Social Ideology, depending on the intensity and pervasive influence of the ideology on the individual or group's behavior and thought processes.
  • It can range from being a Heterodox Ideology to being an Orthodox Ideology, depending on the level of acceptance or adherence to the dominant or established beliefs and norms in a given society or group.
  • It can range from being a Violent Ideology to being a Pacifist Ideology, depending on its advocacy for peace or violence.
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  • It can be held by an Ideologue or Public Intellectual.
  • It can shape Cultural Socialization Tasks and Indoctrination Tasks.
  • It can influence Civil Society Organizations and Political Movements.
  • It can operate in the Public Arena.
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• Example(s):
  • A Political Ideology, such as:
    • Conservatism, which values tradition, hierarchy, and resistance to rapid change.
    • Populism, which emphasizes the interests and rights of the common people against elites.
    • Nazism, a totalitarian political ideology based on racial hierarchy and authoritarianism.
    • Socialism, which promotes collective ownership of production and aims to reduce economic inequality in society.
    • Liberalism, which emphasizes individual freedom and equal rights.
    • Militarism, which promotes the maintenance and use of military power as a central policy.
  • An Identity-Based Ideology, such as:
    • Racism, which asserts superiority of one race over others.
    • Feminism, advocating for gender equality in all aspects of life.
    • Elitism, which supports the rule or dominance of a select, superior group.
  • A Religious Ideology, such as:
    • Fundamentalism, which advocates for strict adherence to traditional religious beliefs.
    • Islamism, promoting the establishment of a society governed by Islamic law and principles.
    • Christian Fundamentalism, integrating Christian religious principles into all aspects of governance and daily life.
  • An Economic Ideology, such as:
    • Capitalism, which emphasizes private ownership and market-driven economies.
    • Socialism, advocating for collective ownership and redistribution of wealth.
    • Consumerism, prioritizing consumption and material wealth.
  • A Radical Ideology, such as:
    • Totalitarianism, advocating centralized and absolute control of all aspects of life.
    • Revolutionary Socialism, seeking drastic societal change through collective action and revolution.
  • A Science-Only Ideology, such as:
    • Technological Utopianism, which believes that technology can solve all social problems.
    • Scientism, which holds that empirical science is the sole legitimate means of understanding reality.
  • An Environmental Ideology, such as:
    • Eco-socialism, which combines ecological sustainability with social equity.
    • Green Politics, focusing on sustainable development and environmental conservation.
  • A Meritocratic Ideology, which upholds the belief that success and leadership should be earned based on talent, effort, and achievement.
  • An Inherited Privilege Ideology, which supports structures that perpetuate power through lineage or class.
  • Accelerationism, which advocates for intensifying capitalist processes to hasten societal transformation.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • A Personal Belief System that is not socially oriented and guides individual behavior without being linked to group norms or societal expectations.
  • A Scientific Method, which is a systematic procedure for acquiring knowledge but not necessarily a social ideology.
  • A Social Desire (human desire), which reflects individual longings rather than collective principles.
• See: Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Theory, Act of Worship, Unconscious Mind, Expectation (Epistemic), Action Theory (Philosophy), Worldview, Philosophical, Socialization, Indoctrination, Doctrine, Revolution.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ideology Retrieved:2023-5-29.
  • An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those 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 to oppose the irrational impulses of the mob. In political science, the term is used in a descriptive sense to refer to political belief systems.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ideology Retrieved:2014-5-30.
  • An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology is a comprehensive vision, a way of looking at things (compare worldview) as in several philosophical tendencies (see political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of socialization).

    Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political or economic tendency entails an ideology, whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought.

1989

• (Zisek, 1989) ⇒ Zisek, Slavoj. (1989). “The Sublime Object of Ideology." Verso Books,

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