Immanentist philosophies fail by remaining confined to elite circles

Evidence

One must therefore distinguish between historically organic ideologies, those, that is, which are necessary to a given structure, and ideologies that are arbitrary, rationalistic, or “willed”. To the extent that ideologies are historically necessary they have a validity which is “psychological”; they “organise” human masses, and create the terrain on which men move, acquire consciousness of their position, struggle, etc. To the extent that they are arbitrary they only create individual “movements”, polemics and so on (though even these are not completely useless, since they function like an error which by contrasting with truth, demonstrates it). — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1342 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Elite avant-garde rejection of liberal hypocrisy enabled attraction to totalitarian movements; Organic ideologies organize masses while arbitrary ones only produce individual movements — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1342

Related

• Organic ideologies organize masses while arbitrary ones only produce individual movements (similarity 0.88)
• Organic elites express their social mass while volunteers detach themselves from it (similarity 0.87)
• Representation requires organic cohesion, not merely formal delegation from masses to leaders (similarity 0.84)
• Mass ideology differs from the elite philosophical cornerstones that must be engaged. (similarity 0.82)
• Mass ideology must be distinguished from its great philosophical cornerstones (similarity 0.81)
• Elite intellectuals must be created through a slow contradictory process (similarity 0.81)
• The term ‘ideology’ conflates necessary superstructure with arbitrary individual fancies (similarity 0.81)
• Counter-hegemonic elites require an internal hierarchy to develop (similarity 0.80)
• Masses differ from classes by lacking common-interest articulation (similarity 0.80)
• Intellectuals should ground analysis in history, culture, and socioeconomic reality. (similarity 0.79)
• Political movements should be analyzed via mass content and balance of forces (similarity 0.79)
• Ruling-class philosophy subordinates masses without positively transforming their thought (similarity 0.79)
• Intellectuals are never class-neutral but split into traditional and organic types (similarity 0.79)
• Elite avant-garde rejection of liberal hypocrisy enabled attraction to totalitarian movements (similarity 0.79)
• Organic intellectuals must arise from and stay in contact with the masses (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Elite avant-garde rejection of liberal hypocrisy enabled attraction to totalitarian movements #expands (0.85)
• Organic ideologies organize masses while arbitrary ones only produce individual movements #expands (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1342