Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:52 AM, SA wrote:
> [clip]The right's ability to mobilize ideology[clip]
> But I think the "ideology" taps into "common sense" - received wisdom, imprinted patterns, cultural/political instincts. That's why it's so easy for the right to make it work for them.
Absolutely. Ideology is not mobilized; rather, it is the _terrain_ of political struggle. And common sense can NOT be refuted by arguments or other sorts of peresuasion.
For a useful distinction beetween ideology and propaganda or other explicit positions see See Barbara Fields, "Slavery, Race and Ideology in the United States of America," NLR 181 (May/June 1990), pp.95-118.
Carrol