Single Idea 20164

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State]

Full Idea

The ideal in an ideology may be set down in a sacred text, exemplified in an exceptional life, dictated by laws of history, sociology, or psychology, located in a past uncorrupted idyllic past, or in a future Utopia of perfected human nature, and so on.

Gist of Idea

The ideal of an ideology is embodied in a text, a role model, a law of history, a dream of the past...

Source

John Kekes (The Human Condition [2010], 06.4)

Book Reference

Kekes,John: 'The Human Condition' [OUP 2010], p.131


A Reaction

A bit grumpy, but a fair observation about an awful lot of slightly mad social endeavours.