Ideologies are judged by social effects, not by their truth value

Evidence

For Fairclough, ideologies are ‘tied to action’ and therefore need to be ‘judged in terms of their social effects rather than their truth values’ ( 1995 , p. 76). … Ideologies embedded in discursive practices are most effective when they become naturalized, and achieve the status of ‘common sense’ (Fairclough, 1992 ). — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 490

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Gramsci’s hegemony and the naturalized-common-sense theme in communication-as-culture work. — connects to: Pathology in time is judged from within society, not by external ethical standards. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 150; Political visions are judged by the worlds they create, not their factual truth — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 434

Related

• Ideologies are fragmentary and internally contradictory, not coherent systems (similarity 0.79)
• Ideologies achieve effects by inflecting existing attitudes, not by domination or false consciousness. (similarity 0.78)