Quotes About Ideology

Ideology is a sick-soul-meme; it gnaws basic decency away until you can self-justify the most extreme acts as worthwhile to further the cause. Any cause.

The Hill People have an interesting relationship with the surrounding states. The people of the valleys view them as "living ancestors," even though they have formed as a response to the valley civilizations. They are post-state, not pre-state, but the ideology of the state refuses to recognize such a category as "post-state" because the state supposes itself to be the pinnacle of progress.

Nazi ideology was thoroughly and unabashedly self-centered.

never to put oneself in the place of non-Germans was part and parcel of being a National Socialist.

An emphasis on reading individual texts with a view to understanding the ideological visions of the world that underlie them has also had a dramatic impact. This type of interpretation requires historians to treat ancient authors, not as sources of fact, but rather like second-hand-car salesmen whom they would do well to approach with a healthy caution.

There are no heroes and there are no villains. There are just opposing points of view. That's all history is...the viciously long battle between world views.