1)Describe how you understand ideology in your own words.
A) Well ideology in my own words in my own words and my understanding is that ideology is like a structure of a bunch of ideas and beliefs or opinions of one person or a group and how it influences peoples or groups point of view of this world we live in and our opinions towards it, for example communism and capitalisms also helping us understand the culture or society based on those ideas or beliefs that those certain individuals or groups have towards those topics how they view them, but ideologies can be wide range, people like us tend to follow some ideology because it can give us a sense of identity or a way of life or path, it gives us a vision of how things should look like gives us different solutions to problems, but it can also divide people who have a different viewpoint on how things should be in their vision that being beliefs reinforcing specific power structures.
B) Give an example illustrating what you wrote in (A).
For example Communism and Capitalisms during the Cold War Communism(Soviet Union)(USSR) and Capitalism(United States) both of this groups had different ideologies which are Communism and Capitalism so their point of view of the world, beliefs, solutions and opinions are completely different like their Economic System, Individual rights, Social class and the Role of the Government and how all of those ideas influenced people’s daily lives during those times.
C) Write another paragraph (or two), explaining to your reader with additional details, how you understand ideology.
Okay so they are a list of ideologies and each of them have their own viewpoint on how things should be by proposing solution towards problems which may be different to what another group or individual may belief in and that can cause problems from both sides with completely opposite goals, values, solutions and practices and we as people how a choice if you want to follow a type of ideology that you might connect with or identify with you and those beliefs on how something should be like a guide for how we should act, Ideologies can bring people together with common set of beliefs which can unite groups but can also divide us.
2) How do you understand the difference between conservative and liberal ideology in US politics? What seem to be the big differences, the dividing line? Given an example to backup your arguments.
The Difference between Conservative and Liberal ideologies would be the social issues, values, economic policy and government role, The core beliefs, conservatism would be limited government and individual responsibility and Liberalism would go for larger government. The Big difference would be the role of the government, conservatives believe the government should be smaller focusing in individual freedom and liberals are comfortable with the government addressing their issues the values of culture and the values of social like religious values and economic policy but it all comes down to the role of the government. An example would be Gun control conservatives believe in the second amendment the right to bear arms which lets law abiding citizens the right to own and carry a firearm, liberals have gun control laws which has background check restrictions on assault weapons this is aimed to reduce gun violence and protecting the public, the debate on gun control divides the conservatives and the liberals.
3)How do you understand Althusser’s definition of ideology? Paraphrase it in your own words. Given an example
How I understand Althusser’s definition of ideology is that it’s not just a collections of ideas and beliefs but a system of practices that shapes us as individuals on how we see our selves and the world, for example schools, religion and the media which shapes how we see ourselves and the world guiding our behavior and identity and the actions we take, an example could be the education system schools not only teaching us math, English but also teach us some social values like respecting authority like for example teachers or school staff following rules those types of things also getting good grades so you can become successful in the future, shaping us in a way for future roles in society.
