Absolutism Quote by Peter Wilson

“Absolutism, in both religious and political idealism, is a splendid incentive to heroic action, but a dangerous guide in immediate and concrete situations. In…

— Gustav Niebuhr

It is hubris, claim the critics of 'absolutism', to suppose that we could ever even approximate to a true description of how the world…

— David E. Cooper

Many, and I think the determining, constitutive facts remain outside the reach of the operational concept. And by virtue of this limitation this methodological…

— Herbert Marcuse

Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility.

— Terry Eagleton

“Religious politics is the bent of those who push "The Myth of the Christian Nation" or "Muslim Supremicism" everywhere! ~ © gfp '42™”

— Gary Patton

Ideology is the sterner face of myth and we're a myth-making people.

— Diana Trilling

“[W]hat counts as ‘realistic’, what seems possible at any point in the social field, is defined by a series of political determinations. An ideological…

— Mark Fisher

Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and…

— Indira Gandhi

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.

— Dario Fo

I think the 'counterculture' believes that there are ways to manage being the world's most powerful country that involve creation of consensus - ruling…

— John Perry Barlow

Modern systematic politics, whether liberal, conservative, radical, or socialist, simply has to be rejected from a standpoint that owes genuine allegiance to the tradition…

— Alasdair MacIntyre