Ideological appearances are historically necessary and valid despite their perishability.

Evidence

The terms “apparent” and “appearance” mean precisely this and nothing else, and are justifiable despite dogmatic opposition. They are the assertion of the perishable nature of all ideological systems, side by side with the assertion that all systems have an historical validity, and are necessary (“Man acquires consciousness of social relations in the field of ideology”: 175 is not this an assertion of the necessity and the validity of “appearances”?) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 630

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Defines Gramsci’s terms ‘apparent/appearance’ as asserting both the perishability and the historical necessity of ideological systems.
• XREF: Directly connects to Marx’s base-superstructure and ideology as appearance — the groundwork the Islamophobia readings will build on.

Related

• Theory breaks deceptive appearances but cannot justify choices (similarity 0.80)
• Politics reflects structural tendencies that may never become realized (similarity 0.79)