Contemporary Questions on Political Ideologies: From 'ProletarianHegemony' to Post Pragmatism
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https://doi.org/10.69996/ijari.2023009Keywords:
Ideological Collaboration, Ideology Debate, Political Ideology, Utopia, WeltanschauungAbstract
This paper discusses the evolutionary journey of the term 'Political Ideology' whereby
highlighting the paradigms through which the ideology debate had to evolve. It analyses the
lifecycle of the term and concept of 'Ideology', and how ideological hegemony has been
restructured and portrayed by various schools of politics giving birth to both pragmatic and
utopian debates. The paper highlights the importance of pursuing a newly innovated politics of
ideological collaboration rather than the old and limited one of ideological confrontation. It
raises questions about how and to what degree should scientific determinism be allowed to
impact the concept of 'Ideology'. Although the author highlights the importance of neutralizing
the term in a radically polarized world, she adds that the process of neutralization should never
eradicate the scientific temper one attaches to the concept, as the unscientific war against
radical polarization can only be won by sharpening the scientific temper of the underrepresented and the exploited. It is important to differentiate between 'Ideology' and 'belief
system', 'Ideology' and 'Utopia', 'Ideology' and 'Weltanschauung' or 'world view'. Moreover, the
paper also discusses why innovative measures should be adopted by political parties and
governments to preserve the uniqueness of the concept of 'Ideology'.
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