Ideology and social force connect by articulation, never by necessity

Evidence

So it is the articulation, the non-necessary link, between a social force which is making itself, and the ideology or conceptions of the world which makes intelligible the process they are going through, which begins to bring onto the historical stage a new social position and political position, a new set of social and political subjects. In that sense, I don’t refuse the connection between an ideology or cultural force and a social force; indeed, I want to insist that the popular force of an organic ideology always depends upon the social groups that can be articulated to and by it. It is here that one must locate the articulating principle. But I want to think that connection, not as one necessarily given in socioeconomic structures or positions, but precisely as the result of an articulation . — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 742

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precisely names and defines ‘articulation’ as the ‘non-necessary link’ between social force and ideology.