Ideology

In both novels, Othello and 1984, the ideology of conformity is driven by the abuse of powers as evident through domination achieved via a higher status. To begin with, in both novels, individuals of higher status abuse their power to drive conformity through the use of fear tactics. In 1984, the party preys on the fear of the unknown in order to make people with opposing ideologies to align with that of the higher status. For example, they establish fear around the idea of “Room 101” by…

many historians believed that the Wehrmacht had nothing to do with Hitler and Nazi ideology, instead they believed that the soldiers were doing their job. Many historians also believed that the Wehrmacht used to be a regular army distinct from the SS. Throughout the book, Hitler’s Army, Omer Bartov examines the question, was the Wehrmacht Hitler’s Army? Bartov addresses to what extent did propaganda and Nazi ideology serve as a driving force for the Wehrmacht on the Eastern front. While the…

Fukuyama had claimed that History had ended after the collapse of the cold war in a Hegelian dialectic sense, however Fukuyama did not intended as the end of new ideologies nor convergence of socialism and liberal capitalism system, “”End of History (1989) but that market economies and liberal politics will replace the marxist communist ideology, Fukuyama’s bold claims were based on the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Deng Xioaping’s China opening its doors to liberal economies after…

approach should target. Modern racism is held together by both conscious and unconscious thoughts and behaviors. Both the covert and overt are intertwined to make a complex ideology comprised of many parts. To inspire long-term change in the prejudiced mind, one must first investigate the intricacies of prejudiced ideologies. Ideologies that promote and perpetuate discriminatory attitudes likely provide a large foundation that keep these attitudes alive. Prejudice attitudes are likely to be…

Humans develop ideological orientations for specific environmental conditions for a specific amount of time. When two or more share a particular ideology, they establish a bond due to their common identification. According to Burke, consubstantiality builds from this shared identification: “A is not identical with his colleague, B. But insofar as their interests join, A is identified with B. Or he…

The first article that I read in regard to the question on whether radical Islam is or is not an ideology was Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges by Charles Kurzman. In the first paragraph Kurzman talks about Muslims firmly believing in “Liberal Islam” which refers to interpretations of Islam that are concerning issues such as democracy, separating religion from political involvement, women’s rights, freedom of thought, and promoting human progress. Kurzman feels that changes to religion for…

In Mustafa Akyol’s Islam without Extremes, the author challenges the many misconceptions of Islam as a religion of violence and conservative ideologies. Akyol uses historic narratives of the foundation of Islam, the principles Islam originally proclaimed, and the political development with Islam as its guide; as well as, the split between Traditionalists and Rationalists, in addition to other factors, that led to the rise of the Islam in today’s world. In an effort to inform, the author gives…

sisterhood that underpinned by the gender discrimination but regardless of race and class inequalities. As a result, Black women have been made unnoticeable within the white feminist ideologies (Tee, 1995 p44). Likewise, a radical black feminist, Bell Hook (1981 p128) asserts that not only the white feminist ideologies have failed to recognise the interconnection between racism and sexist oppression. But also, the white ethnocentric values have led many white feminist theorists to argue the…

period of revelation. The enlightenment in the late 18th and early 19th century started a domino effect of different ideologies that challenged the conservative order that was currently in place. Society and culture was bound to be rewrote. Heading into the 19th century, the world and ideologies that came with it shifted. Liberalism, Feminism, and Marxism are all different ideologies that dominated society during the 19th century. The enlightenment was a philosophical and intellectual…

One aspect of military service that could play a role in political ideology is “branch culture”. Each branch has a unique culture and mission that it corresponds with. The political ideology differences could be rooted in the popular reputation that each unique branch portrays and what type of recruit is drawn to these branches. For example, “The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight, and win…in the air, space, and cyberspace. To achieve that mission the Air Force has a…