Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET July 2018 Political Science
Which one of the following is not a feature of ideology?
AA political belief system
BAn action-oriented set of political ideas
CThe world view of a particular social class or social group
DThe political ideas that do not embody or articulate class or social interests ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) The political ideas that do not embody or articulate class or social interests — The statement that is not a feature of ideology is that political ideas do not embody or articulate class or social interests.
Explanation
★The statement that is not a feature of ideology is that political ideas do not embody or articulate class or social interests.
★On the contrary, an ideology is precisely a set of beliefs and values tied to the interests of a particular class or social group, so this option misdescribes it.
★A political belief system, an action-oriented set of ideas, and the world view of a social class are all genuine features of ideology, so they cannot be the answer.
★The term ideology was coined by Antoine Destutt de Tracy in 1796 for the science of ideas.
★Marxists especially stress that ideology expresses class interests, and Althusser saw it as how people imagine their relation to real conditions.
★So the option denying any class or social content is the correct choice.
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