Ideology is a set of ideas, beliefs, and ethics that expresses and defines relationships among people. It is a shared set of beliefs about how the world is and ought to be. An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that motivate one’s goals, expectations and actions. It is a conceptual framework that forms the foundation of the way each person deals with reality. To exist a person must have an ideology.
Revolutionary ideology sustains the individual in the cause of emancipation of the proletariat. Ideological conviction allows the individual and class to translate belief into activity and fight and even die for a cause.
Marxist Glossary 3.0 can be found on the Marxist Glossary Discussion group Facebook page. A public page. The Glossary can be downloaded from the files.
Also find it on the Marxist Glossary for the 21st Century page of this website.
