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Ideology is closely connected with ___________

language

Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within in given society. It is the process of making something acceptable and ___________ to a group or audience

normative

Many of Thatcher's policies were based upon an appeal to common sense, coupled with ___________

anti-intellectualism

Ideology according to Thompson J. B. maintains class relations by concealing them with the help of the following strategies that embrace:  ___________ is the act of providing legitimacy

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The first communicative function of ideology is to turn socially constructed, politically motivated, and fluid ideas into taken-for-granted assumptions, beliefs, and ___________

<p>meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

Rational Grounds – appealing to the legality of enacted rules and using a chain of reasoning to persuade the audience of the validity of existing social ___________

<p>relations</p> Signup and view all the answers


<p>Thatcher was commonly perceived as having the qualities required to get the job done – the Iron Lady</p> Signup and view all the answers


<p>Thatcher was one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers we have ever had, but was commonly perceived as having the qualities required to get the job done – the Iron Lady</p> Signup and view all the answers


<p>The Nazis did not kill Jews, they normalized them; Americans did not destroy Vietnamese villages, they disassembled them; Thatcher did not give away nationalized industries, she introduced popular capitalism; and Blair is not about to sell education to private industry, but to modernize it</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Legitimation

The process where an act, process, or ideology becomes acceptable and normative by attaching to norms and values within a society.

Legitimation (in ideology)

Maintaining class relations by concealing them and providing legitimacy.

Rational grounds

Appealing to the legality of enacted rules to persuade the audience of the validity of existing social relations.

Ideology communicative function

Turning socially constructed, politically motivated ideas into taken-for-granted assumptions and beliefs.

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Anti-intellectualism

A rejection of intellectuals, academic pursuits, and abstract or theoretical knowledge.

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Ideology and Language

The interconnectedness of language and ideology.

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