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