Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11999
LOCAL VS GENERAL IDEOLOGIES: A NORMAL INGREDIENT OF MODERN POLITICAL LIFE
In: Journal of political ideologies, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 141-161
ISSN: 1356-9317
THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THE LOCAL IDEOLOGIES THAT PERMEATE POLITICAL LIFE AS WELL AS THE FALSE AND FRAGILE BELIEFS THAT PERMEATE ORDINARY LIFE SHOULD BE ANALYZED ALONG THE SAME LINES. THIS THEORY EXPLAINS THE "BIASES" DISCOVERED BY COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGISTS. IT ALSO SOLVES THE DIFFICULT PROBLEM OF EXPLAINING MAGICIAL BELIEFS. FINALLY, IT EXPLAINS THE MANY STRANGE COLLECTIVE BELIEFS THAT PEOPLE CURRENTLY OBSERVE IN THEIR SOCIETIES. IT EXPLAINS IDEOLOGICAL BELIEFS.