Studying non-events concerns imagined possibility, not just ideas or mentalities.

Evidence

Whatever else it signals, the concept ideology makes a direct reference to the role of ideas . It also entails the proposition that ideas are not self-sufficient, that their roots lie elsewhere, that something central about ideas will be revealed if we can discover the nature of the determinacy which non -ideas exert over ideas. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 324 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Ideology study requires explaining how non-ideas determine ideas without slipping into idealism.; Ideology theory claims that non-ideas determine the content of ideas. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 324; Structuralism introduced a new kind of non-reflective causality between social and mental categories. (+1 more)

Broader Connections