Ideology as a Problem

1. In a text by Friedrich Engels of 1886 entitled Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of German classical philosophy, he maintained that ideology is developed “through imagination”. However, he further points out that “[...] the philosophy of each epoch has as its premise a certain material of ideas that are bequeathed to it by its predecessors and from which it starts.” In this sense, we assume, considering the first quotation, that ideology is the pr…

The current spread of the far right once again involves what was classically called ideology. But this concept must be updated to account for the new phenomena of the present. The current spread of the far right once again involves what was classically called ideology. But this concept must be updated to account for the new phenomena of the present. Ideology is a discursive phenomenon that affects the body; this point prevents ideology from bein…