Political Science · Political Theory
Which is Not correct about Ideology?
AA belief system which helps to structure how the world is understood and explained
BA set of ideas which provides the basis for political action
CThe term was coined by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, a French philosopher, in 1796 as the 'science of ideas'
DLenin related Ideology to false consciousness ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Lenin related Ideology to false consciousness — It is wrong to attribute false consciousness to Lenin, since it was Karl Marx who linked ideology to false consciousness.
Explanation
★It is wrong to attribute false consciousness to Lenin, since it was Karl Marx who linked ideology to false consciousness.
★For Marx ideology is a distorted set of ideas that masks the real interests of the ruling class.
★False consciousness keeps the oppressed from seeing their own true class interests.
★Ideology is correctly described as a belief system that structures how the world is understood.
★It also provides the ideas and goals that guide and justify political action.
★Antoine Destutt de Tracy did coin the term in 1796 as the science of ideas.
★Lenin's own contribution was a more positive, mobilising idea of socialist ideology.
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