The term ‘ideology’ has a history going back to the late eighteenth century. In politics and *sociology it has been used in a great variety of meanings, but as far as anthropology is concerned only two senses of the term are important. The...

Ideology is a difficult, but frequently-used, concept in the social sciences, and one that has endless submeanings in both academic and everyday discussion. The simplest definition is probably given by a translation of the German word Weltanschauung,...

Some writers have spoken of different ideologies within the teacher profession; others have concentrated on the influence of ideology on education. An ideology is generally taken to mean a more or less coherent set of values. Since education is...

1. A world-view or system of meaning accepted by a social group. 2. An individual’s belief system. 3. It is also used in a derogatory manner to refer to a system of belief that is not acceptable to the person employing the term. See also...

An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. The word ideology was coined by Count Antoine Destutt de Tracy in the late 18th century to define a "science of ideas." An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at...

In one of its leaders on the Clinton affair, the Independent was pointing out that the President's future was bound to be a gloomy one: it depended more on politics than on the law, and "many of the most ideological of the New Right...

Ideology is a word that evokes a variety of sentiments. An ideologue is often thought of as an emotionally overcharged believer who disregards reason and common sense in order to follow a particular set of beliefs. At the same time, having "ideological convictions"...

Citywide politics in post-Rudy New York seems to be taking a break from ideology. Mike Bloomberg doesn't really have one, and none of his rivals is making an ideological case against him. The only ideologue of Rudy's intensity running citywide this year is, of course,...

To the Editor: Re “The Rudy Doctrine: Does World View Go Beyond Bronx?” [July 16]: For all of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s calculated ambiguity regarding the war in Iraq, there should be no illusions about the foreign policy he’d pursue as president. Instead of...

An overview of the concept of ideology, which refers to a system of mutually dependent ideas, principles, traditions, gatherings, and even folklore that functions as a routine frame of reference. These routine ideas are taken for granted and used to interpret, understand, and guide values in a certain direction against those of other ideologies, affecting the patterns of belief and thus the behavior of a social group.