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Full Idea
An ideology generally has three components: a judgement (usually critical) of how things are, a picture of the ideology's ideal society, and a strategy for progressing towards the ideal.
Gist of Idea
An ideology judges things now, and offers an ideal, with a strategy for reaching it
Source
Andrew Dobson (Environmental Politics: very short intro [2016], 2)
Book Ref
Dobson,Andrew: 'Environmental Politics: Very Short Intro' [OUP 2016], p.35
A Reaction
Conservatives tend to think we are already living in the ideal, and they reject most ideologies for being 'idealistic' (which presumably means delusional). I'm a fan of ideals, but combined with cool judgement.
| 23424 | An ideology judges things now, and offers an ideal, with a strategy for reaching it [Dobson] |
| 23426 | Ecologism is often non-liberal, by claiming to know other people's best interests [Dobson] |
| 23427 | Socialism can be productive and centralised, or less productive and decentralised [Dobson] |
| 23423 | We currently value the present fourteen times more highly than the future [Dobson] |
| 23428 | Difference feminists say women differ fundamentally from men [Dobson] |
| 23422 | For the environment, affluence and technology matter as much as population size [Dobson] |
| 23425 | Ecologism says growth must be reduced, and efficiency is not enough [Dobson] |
| 23429 | The environment needs localised politics, with its care for the land [Dobson] |
| 23430 | A million years is a proper unit of political time [Dobson] |