POLITICAL

IDEOLOGIES
IDEOLOGY
was conceived in 1796 by French
Philosopher Destutt de Tracy
Refer to a new science that
endeavored to uncover origins of
conscious thoughts and ideas.
He called this “science of ideas”
ideologie.
Ideology could mean different
things to different people.
Sociologist Peter Braham says that
ideology is also “widely used.. To
describe a cluster of beliefs not only
judged false or distorted, but also as
deliberately concealing some
hidden interest.”
Ideology is a set of related ideas or
systematic group of concepts and
beliefs about culture, society and
human life.
Dictates how society should be
structured.
Ideology mean an officially
sanctioned set of ideas used to
legitimized a political system or
regime” and “an all-embracing
political doctrine that claims a
monopoly of truth”
It pertains to conduct of government.
More or less coherent set of ideas that
provides a basis for organized political
actions, whether the ideas are intended
to preserve, modify or overthrow the
existing power structure.
CHARACTERISTI
CS AND
RELEVANCE OF
POLITICAL
IDEOLOGIES
1.It offers an account of the existing
order, often in the form of a world
view,
2.It provides a model of a desired
future, a vision of a good society.
3. It outlines how political change
can and should be brought about.