Alternatives Quote by Tony Judt

“Ideology is: intellectual ordering of the feelings; an objective connection among them that makes the subjective connection easier.”

— Robert Musil

The two enemies of the independent thinker: Society's disapproval and the individual's own sense of consistency.

— Emerson

Any dominant ideology operates off the assumption that what it has to say is unaccountable and unquestionable.

— Henry Giroux

“Nevertheless, the doctrine that one can impose one’s visions and desires on the world by the force of thought alone retains a powerful appeal…

— Richard P. Rumelt

“However, it is not easy to think and behave in new ways, because our thoughts and actions are usually constrained by present-day ideologies and…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“As a result of this averaging the collective consciousness holds certain stable beliefs regarding different things. And it is this collective belief regarding different…

— Grigori Grabovoi

“When all that binds us is what we believe rather than who we are, changing our mind or challenging the collective ideology is risky.”

— Brené Brown

“These include the beliefs that the primary, if not the only, goal of human labor and thought is efficiency; that technical calculation is in…

— Neil Postman

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various…

— Lionel Trilling

“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,…

— Erich Fromm

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.

— Ambrose Bierce

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.

— Wislawa Szymborska