SOSC 1000 Lecture 2: Reading for lecture 2

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Terry Conlin

Document Summary

Ideology: shared ideas, perceptions, values, and beliefs through which members of a society interpret history and contemporary social events and which shape their expectations and wishes for the future. (page. It is formed through beliefs, values, assumptions, explanations and unexamined knowledge. Can be transmitted through parents, schools, the media and other institutions. Social critics- point out the inconsistencies, the lack of congruence between empirical evidence and ideological statements. **also- provides a critique of the present society and creative vision of an alternative (page 63). The two major ideologies of our time: liberalism and socialism. Both grew out of the same organization, therefore have much in common. Ideologies are explanations for the social organization, as well as the evaluations of it. The liberal democracy: gave rise to positive evaluations of equality, individualism, material prosperity, and personal freedom. Deficiencies are often not recognized, and if they are, they are seen as temporary problems.