Ideology

Theory Toolbox suggests that ideology is a difficult to get at in addition to it being such a difficult concept to understand. Ideology: the study of ideas, just like Biology is the study of bios or life. Well, it's a lot more complicated than that. It can be described as the "material study of immaterial things" (83). We learn that the word's early meaning carried a negative, that it was someone trying to convince people of ideas as opposed to realities. I know there are a lot of different ideologies out there ranging from almost anything you can think of. There are obviously a number of ideologies that people agree with and disagree wit as well. There are certain ideologies that people tend to be scared of, a famous example would be Hitler's ideology that lead to the holocaust. Some people disagree with the current president's ideologies saying that we are getting to close to socialism or already there. I argue that everyone has ideologies that are shaped through their environment, life experiences, and personalities. We have already studies a few isms in class this semester, and we can use those to gain a deeper understanding of what ideologies consist of.