libby wrote:
> but ideology doesn't just "come from above," nor does it arise
> and propagate itself by "a culture stamping it into individuals."
> were that the case, ideology could indeed be tossed out the
> window with the author, truth, and the autonomous subject. thing
> is, *individuals make and participate in ideology just as much as
> they receive it*.
I just wanted to note my agreement with this, as against Aden's
model of "stamping". I see the relationship between ideology and
individuals as a complex ecological system. Nevertheless, it is
sometimes desirable to attempt to trace the journey of some
particular, often artificially isolated, element through the system.
The usefulness of the term "ideology" is similar to that of, say,
"the Earth's atmoshpere".
- malgosia
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> but ideology doesn't just "come from above," nor does it arise
> and propagate itself by "a culture stamping it into individuals."
> were that the case, ideology could indeed be tossed out the
> window with the author, truth, and the autonomous subject. thing
> is, *individuals make and participate in ideology just as much as
> they receive it*.
I just wanted to note my agreement with this, as against Aden's
model of "stamping". I see the relationship between ideology and
individuals as a complex ecological system. Nevertheless, it is
sometimes desirable to attempt to trace the journey of some
particular, often artificially isolated, element through the system.
The usefulness of the term "ideology" is similar to that of, say,
"the Earth's atmoshpere".
- malgosia
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