Ideologies can shatter traditional ideas and empower new ones in a receptive class

Evidence

It also suggests how an ideology may serve to break the hold of traditional ideas and give “new” ideas a compelling force for that class in which they take root. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 339

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels Gramsci’s account of ideological struggle and rupture of common sense, useful for the reader’s goal of linking Hall’s essays to political change mechanics. — connects to: Debunking old illusions becomes a new ideology that destroys their truth. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 685; Ideologies double as offensive weapons against class enemies, not just world views. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 737; Class consciousness functions as an artificial rallying device rather than a natural given. (+1 more)