Ideology

An ideology (/ˌʌɪdɪˈɒlədʒi/) is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially as 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 …

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3 October 2022 English

To encourage students to engage actively with historical documents. To build analytical and critical thinking skills. To formulate evidence-based arguments. To practice writing concisely and persuasively.

Morgan. The Battle for Britain: Citizenship and Ideology in the Second World War. London: Routledge, 1993


1 January 2017 English

In 1960–61, the outbreak of an increasingly acrimonious dispute between Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet Union and Enver Hoxha’s Albania caught most foreign observers by surprise, all the more so because the …

political and territorial fears than by economics or ideology.”28 In this respect, British diplomatic analysts


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 January 2017 English

As well as heralding a series of momentous changes within Soviet domestic politics and society, the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953 also brought forward important shifts of tone …

goals and aspirations rather than a Communist ideology which promulgated an emancipatory and anti-colonial


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Bulgarian

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal political situation in Bulgaria. The documents cover meetings of the Bulgarian Central Committee and National Assembly concerning a new labour code, …

Zhivkov launched into a heated discussion of ideology with the Bulgarians present, mostly distinguished


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Rawlings); nor had he adopted a Soviet- style ideology. However that did not mean that he m i g h t of black Africa, there is little appetite for ideology, particularly the more theoretical aspects of


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

rather than for those who favour policies based on ideology. Jaruzelski has restated his commitment to the


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

June about socialist construction, theory and ideology (which we are reporting separately) President


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to anniversaries and commemorations in the Soviet Union. Subjects covered in the file include plans for the sixtieth anniversary of the Soviet Union; analysis of …

IN THE APRIL 1979 CENTRAL COMMITTEE DECREE ON IDEOLOGY, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PARTY INSIDERS THAT their xr i s nothing more foreign to communist ideology than the attempt • articificially to hasten


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Those who concern themselves with Communist ideology may well wonder whether Lenin's fear of "Bonapartism" be of topical concern to all who embrace that ideology. We also note with interest that the Soviet Union


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Russian

A file containing documents relating to Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. Subjects covered in the file include a decline in the rate of Jewish emigration from 1979 onwards, demonstrated …

the West, and has not indicated any shift in ideology. "(i, I TOP COPY VI. I RESTRICTED I FM


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