The reality principle itself is ideological
Evidence
The reality principle itself is ideologically mediated; one could even claim that it constitutes the highest form of ideology, the ideology that presents itself as empirical fact (or biological, economic…) necessity (and that we tend to perceive as non-ideological). It is precisely here that we should be most alert to the functioning of ideology. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 39
Categorization
- XREF: This extends the Frankfurt-circle insight that positivism’s calculative thought masks a nature-control interest, but pushes further: even perceived ‘reality’ is ideology’s highest form. — connects to: Capitalist realism makes alternatives to capitalism unthinkable — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 8; Reality constitutes itself by repressing an unrepresentable Real — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 40; The reality principle is itself the highest form of ideology — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 990 (+3 more)
- SEED: Article angle: the reality principle as unrecognized ideology — how appeals to ‘what works’ smuggle in political content.
Related
- The reality principle is itself the highest form of ideology (similarity 0.93)
- Faithful duplication makes reality itself ideological. (similarity 0.85)
- Realism is naturalized ideology, and today’s realistic was yesterday’s impossible (similarity 0.83)
- Ideology succeeds only when naturalized from value into fact (similarity 0.82)
- Realism masks ideology as maturation via biology and economic constraint (similarity 0.80)
- Capitalist realism restricts the horizon of what is politically possible (similarity 0.79)
- Faithful duplication makes reality itself ideological by collapsing image into thing (similarity 0.78)
- Ideology represents imaginary relations to real conditions of existence (similarity 0.78)
- Ideology operates through acting as if you believe, not sincere conviction (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The reality principle is itself the highest form of ideology
#corroborates(0.97) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 990 - Faithful duplication makes reality itself ideological.
#expands(0.90) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 110 - Faithful duplication makes reality itself ideological by collapsing image into thing
#expands(0.88) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 114 - Totalitarian rule dissolves factual reality itself
#qualifies(0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 893