Ideology and domination
In all the specialist literature ideology has been perceived in close connection with domination. Yet, there are also a series of conceptions which, starting from the Marxist view of this phenomenon, claim that a desideologisation may also be possible as a way of coming out of the false reality instituted by ideology and of getting free from the domination of the agents of that ideology. Such a conception cultivates an illusion because our way of being is an ideological one. One can come out of an ideology only to embrace another and each individual hides a will to power. The program of truth and happiness assumed and proposed to the others by each of us also encompasses an intention to rule. Pacifists are also mobilized by a will to power. This is why it is important to be aware of the ideology that underlies our actions and to understand that the others are also entitled to propose their truth.
Keywords: domination, freedom, happiness, ideology, political, power, truth, totalitarianism
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