Ideology works by taking certain frames for granted so alternatives stay unthinkable

Evidence

It is ironic that Joseph Ratzinger—who was elected Pope Benedict XVI after serving as head of the Vatican office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly known as the Inquisition)—could denounce the spreading of religion through violence and face little or no criticism. This is how ideology operates. The repetition of taken-for-granted frames by “primary definers” prevents alternative explanations. Perhaps the most potent, and the longest surviving frame, is that Islam is at its core a violent religion. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 343

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• XREF: Feeds the reader’s MOC thread on the ‘refusal of representation’s hold’ by showing the frame-level mechanism primary definers operate.
• DEEPTHINKING: The compressed statement of how ideology forecloses alternatives by repetition of taken-for-granted frames is the book’s method in miniature.

Related

• A former Inquisition head could denounce religious violence in Islam with no criticism (similarity 0.84)
• Ideology works by framing alternatives within a range rather than dictating thought. (similarity 0.81)
• An ex-head of the Inquisition denounced Islam’s violence with no criticism (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Ideology works by setting the limits of what is considered permissible to think. #corroborates (0.95)