Critique of Ideology

Modern philosophy (Marx, Frankfurt School)

The analysis of how systems of thought (ideologies) conceal, legitimize, or naturalize relations of domination. In Ch. 18 it is shown that systems of inference can be formally complete but substantively illegitimate (e.g., a concentration camp as a "functioning system").

Origin

Marx (base/superstructure). Frankfurt School (critical theory).

Cross-references

Schlusssystem; Ethische Kriterien