When you use the word “ideology”, do you mean a.) “a consistent, though possibly wrong, guiding set of values and principles that form a coherent worldview” or b.) “a grab bag of group affiliation markers that are definitionally *not* coherent”?
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Both are known usages of the word. Sense (b) stems from Marxism (I think), which uses ideology as a pejorative term to mean "false set of ideas that justify the status quo". However, it's also just a useful synonym for "memeplex", hence sense (a).
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I use a) and consider b) to be something quite different. Also, while Marxists deny that Marxism is an ideology, that’s for a different reason than a) vs b).
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Roughly, they claim that Marxism is a scientific theory, not a class-based instrument of cultural hegemony. Which is rich.
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As a former phil major, def.A was the standard usage. Encountered some of B, but much more rare. Anyone saying that Def. A (consistent set of ideas) is not fully legitimate is just wrong (or in an isolated clique, about par for some Marxists)
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