Conceptions of Ideology

Leong Yew, Research Fellow, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore

Since there is much confusion and disarray in the definitions of ideology, the following is a list of notes and quotations from a number of individuals who have shaped the debate.

• Destutt de Tracy
• Napolean
• Karl Marx
• Karl Mannheim
• Louis Althusser, Edward Shils, and Talcott Parsons
• Michel Foucalt
• Some Definitions in Political Science
• References

Last Modified: 22 April, 2002