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What are features of Marx's concept of ideology?Marx+s concept of ideology has a number of crucial features.

First, ideology is
about delusion and mystification; it perpetrates a false of mistaken view of the
world, what Engels later referred to as 'false consciousness'. Second, ideology is
linked to the class system. Marx believed that the distrotion implacit in ideology
systems from the fact that is reflects the interests and perspecitve on society of
the ruling class. Third, ideology is a manifestation of power and finally, Marx
treated ideology as a temoprary phenomenon. Ideology will only continue so long
as the class system that generates it survives.
What is conservative standpoint on human imperfection?
In the view of conservatives, people fear isolation and instability. They are drawn
psychologically to the safe and the familiar, and, above all, seek the security of
knowing 'their place'. Whereas other political philosophies trace the origins of
immoral or criminal behavior to society, conservatives believe it is rooted in
theindividual. Human beings are thought be morally imperfect.
What is classical liberalism and list theories and doctrines it draws
upon?
Classical liberalism was the earliest liberal tradition. Classical liberal ideas
developed during the transition from feudalism to capitalism, and reached their
high point during the early industralization of the nineteenth century. The cradle
of classical liberalism was the UK.
Classical liberalism nevertheles draws upon a variety of doctrines and theories.
Thmost important of these are the following:
-Natural rights theory, - Utilitarianism, - Economic iberalism, - Social Darwinism, Neoliberalism
How did Anarchism came into being and how did it develop over the
time?
The term 'anarchism' has been in use since the French Revolution, and was
initially employed in a critical or negative sense to imply a breakdown of civilized
or predictable order. Indeed, pejorative meanings continue to be attached to the
term. In everyday language, anarchy is usually equated with chaos and disorder;
and in the popular imagination, anarchists are not uncommonly seen as bombtoting terrorists.
How do socialists perceive social class and common ownership?
Socialist class politics has been expressed in two ways, however.
In the first, social class is an analytical tool. In other words, social classes, rather
than individuals, are the principal actors in history and therefore provide the key
to understanding social and political change.

The second form of socialst class politics focuses specifically upon the working
class, and in concerned wirh political struggle and emancipation. Socialism has
often been viewed as an expression of the interests of the working class, and the
working class has been seen as the vehicle through which socialism will be
achieved.
-common ownership - wealth is produced by the collective effort of muhan
labor and should therefore be owned by the comumunity, not by private
individuals.
Explain the central themes of nationalism?
the nation the basic belief of nationalism is that the nation is, or shuld be, the
central principle of political organization. Many political disputes, moreover, are
really disputes about wheter a particular group of people should be regarded as a
nation and should therefore enjoy the rights and status associated with
nationhood.
organic community althought nationalists may disagree about the defining
features of the nation, they are unified by their belief that nations are organic
communities.
self-determanation nationalism as a political ideology only emerged when the
idea of national community encountered the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
identity politics all forms of nationalism address the issue of identity.
For the political nationalist, 'objective' considerations such as territory, religion
and language are not more important than 'subjective' ones such as will, memory
and patritic loyalty. Nationalism, therefore, not only advances political causes but
also tells people who they are: it gives people a history, forges social bonds and
collective spirit.

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