Abercrombie’s Critique of The Dominant Ideology Thesis

          In my opinion, it is with this “underlying” dominant ideology in mind that we can properly think of a critique of it. Otherwise, it seems that Abercrombie et al. have built a limited concept of ideology themselves for the purpose of attacking and despising it more easily.

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Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin

“A Gramsci reader. Selected writings 1916-1935″, ed. by David Forgacs, 1988, Lawrence and Wishart

Althusser, L. and Balibar, E.: “Reading Capital”, 1977, Unwin Brothers Ltd

Durkheim, E.: “The Division of Labor in Society”, 1964, The Free Press-Macmillan

Lodziak, C.: “The Power of Television. A Critical Appraisal”, 1986, Francis Pinter

Mannheim, K.: “Ideology and Utopia. An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge”, 1976, Routledge and Kegan Paul

Sensat, Julius: “Habermas and Marxism”, 1979, Sage

Weber, M.: “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, 1970, Unwin University Books

 Footnotes:

[1]  Ibid.

 

[2]  Ibid. (p2)

[3] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980, George Allen and Unwin (p29)

 

[4]  Ibid.

[5]  Ibid.

[6]  Ibid. (p3)

 

[7]  Ibid. (p10)

[8]  Ibid. (p20-21)

[9]  Ibid. (p21)

[10]  Lodziak, C.: “The Power of Television. A Critical Appraisal”, 1986, Francis Pinter (p71)

 

[11] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin (p14)

[12]  Ibid. (p12)

[13]  Ibid. (p12-13)

[14]   “A Gramsci reader. Selected writings 1916-1935″, ed. by David Forgacs, 1988, Lawrence and Wishart, (p199)

[15]   “A Gramsci reader. Selected writings 1916-1935″, ed. by David Forgacs, 1988, Lawrence and Wishart, (p200)

[16]  Ibid. (p210)

[17] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p14)

[18]   “A Gramsci reader. Selected writings 1916-1935″, ed. by David Forgacs, 1988, Lawrence and Wishart, (p381)

[19] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p15)

[20]  Ibid. (p21)

[21]  Ibid.

[22] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p22)

[23]  Ibid.

[24]  Ibid. (p23)

[25]  Ibid.

 

[26]  Althusser, L. and Balibar, E.: “Reading Capital”, 1977, Unwin Brothers Ltd., (p142)

 

[27] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p20)

[28]  Sensat, Julius: “Habermas and Marxism”, 1979, Sage, (p111)

[29] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p19)

[30]  Sensat, Julius: “Habermas and Marxism”, 1979, Sage, (p66)

[31] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p19)

 

[32]  Ibid. (p30)

[33]  Ibid. (p34)

[34]  Weber, M.: “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, 1970, Unwin University Books, (p36)

[35] Weber, M.: “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, 1970, Unwin University Books, (p54)

[36]  Ibid. (p40)

[37]  Ibid.

[38] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p35-36)

[39]  Mannheim, K.: “Ideology and Utopia. An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge”, 1976, Routledge and Kegan Paul, (p32-33)

[40]  Ibid. (p36)

[41]  Ibid. (p49-50)

[42] Mannheim, K.: “Ideology and Utopia. An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge”, 1976, Routledge and Kegan Paul, (p36)

[43]  Ibid.

[44] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p36)

[45]  Ibid.

[46]  Ibid. (p36)

[47]  Ibid. (p39)

[48] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p42-43)

[49]  Durkheim, E.: “The Divison of Labor in Society”, 1964, The Free Press-Macmillan, (p356)

 

[50]  Ibid. (p361)

[51]  Ibid. (p360)

[52]  Ibid. (p407)

[53] Durkheim, E.: “The Divison of Labor in Society”, 1964, The Free Press-Macmillan, (p356)

[54] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p48)

[55]  Ibid. (p51)

 

[56]  Ibid. (p50)

[57]  Ibid. (p51-52)

[58] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p54)

[59]  Ibid. (p55)

[60]  Ibid. (p57-58)

[61]  Ibid. (p155)

[62]  Ibid. (p157)

[63] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p157)

[64]  Ibid. (p158)

[65]  N. of the A.: This last assertion escapes from my capabilites of interpretation because it seems to contradict all what they were supporting through the whole book.

 

[66]  Ibid.

[67] Lodziak, C.: “The Power of Television. A Critical Appraisal”, 1986, Francis Pinter, (p72-73)

 

[68]  Ibid. (p72-73)

[69] Lodziak, C.: “The Power of Television. A Critical Appraisal”, 1986, Francis Pinter, (p80)

[70] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p166)

[71]  Ibid. (p168)

[72]  Ibid.

[73]  Ibid. (p82)

[74] Abercrombie, N., Hill, S. and Turner, B. S.: “The Dominant Ideology Thesis”, 1980. George Allen and Unwin, (p168)