Social Ideology

A Social Ideology is an ideology that guides a social agent's goals, expectations, and actions.

• AKA: Social Evaluation-centric Belief System, Societal Worldview.
• Context:
  • It can typically shape Social Behavior Patterns through social norms and social expectations.
  • It can typically influence Social Institutions through social value systems and social principles.
  • It can typically guide Social Policy through social frameworks and social perspectives.
  • It can typically inform Social Identity through social category membership and social role definitions.
  • It can typically evolve through Social Movements and social change processes.
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  • It can often control Social Discourse through social language patterns and social concept framing.
  • It can often legitimize Social Hierarchy through social justification narratives and social power distribution.
  • It can often resolve Social Tensions through social consensus building or social conflict management.
  • It can often spread through Social Media Platforms and social information channels.
  • It can often resist Social Critique through social defense mechanisms and social reinforcement tactics.
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  • It can range from being a Weak Social Ideology to being a Strong Social Ideology, depending on its social influence intensity.
  • It can range from being a Heterodox Social Ideology to being an Orthodox Social Ideology, depending on its social mainstream conformity.
  • It can range from being a Violent Social Ideology to being a Pacifist Social Ideology, depending on its social conflict approach.
  • It can range from being a Localized Social Ideology to being a Globalized Social Ideology, depending on its social geographic scope.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Social Ideology to being a Progressive Social Ideology, depending on its social change orientation.
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  • It can be held by an Ideological Social Agent or Social Public Intellectual.
  • It can shape Social Cultural Socialization Tasks and Social Indoctrination Tasks.
  • It can influence Social Civil Society Organizations and Social Political Movements.
  • It can operate in the Social Public Arena and social private sphere.
  • It can manifest in Social Symbols, social rituals, and social practices.
  • It can compete with other Social Ideologies in the social marketplace of ideas.
  • It can adapt to changing social conditions through social ideology evolution.
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• Examples:
  • Political Social Ideologies, such as:
    • Government-based Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Democratic Social System for social civic participation.
      • Authoritarian Social System for social centralized control.
      • Libertarian Social Framework for social individual freedom.
      • Totalitarian Social Regime for social complete control.
    • Economic-based Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Market Social System for social free enterprise.
      • Socialist Social System for social planned economy.
      • Mixed Economic Social Framework for social regulated capitalism.
      • Anarcho-capitalist Social Structure for social stateless market.
    • Social Order Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Conservative Social Framework for social traditional values.
      • Progressive Social Framework for social change.
      • Reactionary Social System for social return to previous era.
      • Reformist Social Approach for social gradual improvement.
  • Identity Social Ideologies, such as:
    • Ethnic-based Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Nationalist Social System for social cultural preservation.
      • Multicultural Social System for social cultural integration.
      • Indigenous Rights Social Framework for social cultural restoration.
      • Assimilationist Social Policy for social cultural uniformity.
    • Gender-based Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Feminist Social Framework for social gender equality.
      • Patriarchal Social System for social gender hierarchy.
      • Gender Egalitarian Social Structure for social gender neutrality.
      • Traditional Gender Roles Social System for social gender division.
    • Sexuality-based Social Ideologies, such as:
      • LGBTQ+ Rights Social Framework for social sexual orientation equality.
      • Heteronormative Social Structure for social traditional sexuality.
  • Religious Social Ideologies, such as:
    • Theistic Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Islamic Social System for social religious law.
      • Christian Social Framework for social moral teaching.
      • Judaic Social Structure for social covenant community.
      • Hindu Social Organization for social dharmic order.
    • Non-theistic Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Buddhist Social System for social spiritual practice.
      • Secular Social System for social ethical framework.
      • Humanist Social Structure for social human-centered ethics.
      • Confucian Social Order for social hierarchical harmony.
  • Environmental Social Ideologies, such as:
    • Conservation Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Deep Ecology Social Framework for social nature preservation.
      • Sustainable Social System for social balanced development.
      • Bioregionalist Social Approach for social ecological community.
      • Preservationist Social Strategy for social wilderness protection.
    • Resource Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Green Economy Social System for social environmental markets.
      • Commons Social Framework for social resource management.
      • Extractivist Social Model for social resource exploitation.
      • Circular Economy Social Structure for social waste elimination.
  • Contemporary Social Ideologies, such as:
    • Digital Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Techno-utopian Social Vision for social technological progress.
      • Digital Rights Social Framework for social online freedom.
      • Surveillance Capitalism Social Critique for social data exploitation.
      • Techno-skeptic Social Perspective for social technology limitation.
    • Global Social Ideologies, such as:
      • Globalist Social Framework for social international cooperation.
      • Alter-globalization Social Movement for social just globalization.
      • Nationalist Populist Social Reaction for social globalization resistance.
      • Cosmopolitan Social Vision for social global citizenship.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • A Personal Belief System that is not socially oriented and guides individual behavior without being linked to group norms or societal expectations.
  • A Scientific Method, which is a systematic procedure for acquiring knowledge but not necessarily a social ideology.
  • A Social Desire (human desire), which reflects individual longings rather than collective principles.
  • A Social Habit that represents unconscious behavioral patterns without an underlying ideological framework.
  • A Social Trend that reflects temporary collective behaviors without a coherent belief system.
  • A Social Emotion that represents shared feelings without structured philosophical underpinnings.
  • A Social Custom that may be practiced without ideological justification or conscious adherence to principles.
• See: Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Theory, Act of Worship, Unconscious Mind, Expectation (Epistemic), Action Theory (Philosophy), Worldview, Philosophical, Socialization, Indoctrination, Doctrine, Revolution, Social Construction of Reality, Social Reproduction, Social Movement, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Conflict Theory, Discourse Analysis.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ideology Retrieved:2023-5-29.
  • An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied primarily to economic, political, or religious theories and policies, in a tradition going back to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, more recent use treats the term as mainly condemnatory.

    The term was coined by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher, who conceived it in 1796 as the "science of ideas" to develop a rational system of ideas to oppose the irrational impulses of the mob. In political science, the term is used in a descriptive sense to refer to political belief systems.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ideology Retrieved:2014-5-30.
  • An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology is a comprehensive vision, a way of looking at things (compare worldview) as in several philosophical tendencies (see political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of socialization).

    Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political or economic tendency entails an ideology, whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought.

1989

• (Zisek, 1989) ⇒ Zisek, Slavoj. (1989). “The Sublime Object of Ideology." Verso Books,

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