Ideological domination must be opposed by theory, not counterideology

Evidence

Moreover, Wright was demonstrating both the necessity and inevitability of ideology and its arbitrariness. No matter what meanings ideologies systematize, they are always subject to the abuses of power. When ideology is used for the purpose of domination, it must be opposed, not by a counterideology but by the negation of ideology: theory. In short, he was making the case for the necessity for a critical commitment, the sort of commitment that achieves its purpose by extraction from the historical legacy: the culture of a people. Such a commitment is made possible only through a consciousness capable of recreating meaning. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1400

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the Black radical tradition’s distinction between ideology and theory, and grounds critical commitment in a people’s culture rather than abstract doctrine.