Beliefs and Ideology

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1. What is the Marxist view of nationalism?

  • Nationalism is a patriarchal device used to oppress women and maintain male dominance
  • Nationalism is a form of false class consciousness that prevents the overthrow of capitalism by dividing the international working class
  • Nationalism is the key to a social revolution as it brings people together and exposed the inequalities within society
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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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