Religion carries no necessary political meaning but is anchored in tendential historical formations

Evidence

In the essays on “Populism” and “Fascism,” he argues that the individual elements of these ideologies (e.g., nationalism, militarism, racism, “the people,” etc.) have, in themselves, no necessary class belonging, “no necessary class connotation.” We cannot assume, a priori, that these elements necessarily “belong” to any specific class, or indeed that a class, as a single homogeneous entity, has a single unitary and uncontradictory “world view” which, as Poulantzas says, it carries around with it, through history, “like a number plate on its back” (Poulantzas 1973). — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 629 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

Broader Connections

• Articulation is a non-necessary linkage connecting ideology to social forces under specific conditions #expands (0.75)
• Mode of production can assign dominance to politics or religion in different epochs #corroborates (0.70)
• Ideological elements like racism and nationalism have no necessary class belonging #corroborates (0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 629