Beliefs and Ideology
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- Created on: 27-09-20 10:33
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2. What are some ideas and beliefs of ruling-class ideology?
- Equality is human nature; there are no superior/inferior groups and poverty is avoidable
- Equality goes against human nature; victim blaming ideas about poverty; and racist ideas about the inferiority of ethnic minorities
- Meritocracy, individualism and the maintenance of hierarchy
3. Which of the following is not a sociological meaning of ideology?
- Ideas that conceal the interests of a particular group
- A set of ideas that everyone holds
- Distorted, false or mistaken ideas about the world
- A self-sustaining belief system that is irrational and closed to criticism
4. What did Mannheim say about belief systems?
- They are all a one-sided worldview as they are the viewpoint of one particular group and its interest
- They all spread their own versions of the truth and so prevent the discovery of the absolute truth
- They don’t serve any purpose in society and should be banned
5. What does Anderson describe nations as?
- Imagined communities
- Realistic communities
- Imaginary communities
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