Contingency, Necessity and the Narrative Function of Ideology: Part II

Insofar as a reliance on ideological misperception actually serves as a kind of support for an individual (either allowing them to wrongly internalise their triumphs or externalise the obstacles to their possible success), an event which confronts the individual with this repressed dimension of their lived experience is likely to cause profound psychic shock. This […]

Contingency, Necessity and the Narrative Function of Ideology

It may be worthwhile to introduce this topic through reference to what I regard as a ‘post-ideological’ definition of ideology. Ideology, that is, as a specific view which confers on historical events a sense of unity and purpose. This might be the triumphant victory cry of neo-liberal hegemony, arrogantly declaring itself the end zone of […]