Ideology’s imaginary relation functions to reproduce capitalist production relations

Evidence

It was, in this sense, that “experience” was conceived, not as an authenticating source but as an effect: not as a reflection of the real but as an “imaginary relation.” It was only a short step—the one which separates For Marx from Althusser’s “Ideological State Apparatuses”—to the development of an account of how this “imaginary relation” served, not simply the dominance of a ruling class over a dominated one, but (through the reproduction of the relations of production, and the constitution of labor-power in a form fit for capitalist exploitation) the expanded reproduction of the mode of production itself. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 195

Categorization

• XREF: Connects the ideology-as-effect claim to the economic reproduction of capitalism, the reader’s stated interest in economic thought. — connects to: Symbolic systems function as instruments of domination by reproducing class relations in transfigured form; The exchange sphere masks exploitative production relations and produces the illusion of isolated individuals; Capitalist relations must be reproduced ideologically, not just economically — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 628 (+15 more)
• DEFINE: Clarifies how halluc’ imaginary-relation concept links culture to economic reproduction.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 195

Broader Connections

• Ideology represents imaginary relations to real conditions of existence #expands (0.80)
• Ideology expresses lived imaginary relations rather than actual conditions of existence. #corroborates (0.70)
• Ideology’s imaginary relation serves expanded reproduction of capitalism, not just class dominance. #expands (0.65) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 195
• Capitalist production relations are reproduced socially and ideologically, not just economically #corroborates (0.60)