Web Lecture: Ideology
I was struck by the idea of ideology as a tool for domination within an organization. When we consider that ideology is an assumption of how things are or should be, it makes sense to reason that whoever created those assumptions has also created control over those who believe it. I always had a positive connotation with the term ideology, thinking of it more in terms of "how things should be" such as in a Utopian society where humanity is at its very best. Considering it can also be used to describe "how things are" without question or even awareness, it is easy, and frightening, to see how it can be used for one group to dominate another. The most powerful statement on this topic was that group members "come to accept and participate in their own oppression."
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I think the last statement in your post is a sad truth of most societies in this world. In order for there to be a dominant group, there must be a dominated group. Often these groups don't even notice, or are reluctant to do anything about it because it is the way things have always been. Either way, it is unfortunate.
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