DM> I would go out on a limb, knowing you will correct at least my technical
 DM> errors. Having monitored your many efforts into standing between
 DM> "Philosophy" and "Ideology", some lights seem still dim ........yes?
 DM> We live by, and within, ideologies, most formed to some degree by
 DM> initial philosophical leanings.  Whether individual, or collective (such
 DM> as government), these idea based institutions are how we do our daily
 DM> business.  The family itself is the prime ideology of our species. When
 DM> ideology breaks down we have chaos.
   With such a definition of ideology as you outline how could there be any
debate or, indeed, even any such thing as "ideology."  I'm certainly 
ncapable
of debating on ideology when given such a definitiion.  Obviously, a great
many scholars flatly disagree with such a definition of the word.  Victims of
the holocaust or of the Gulag (described by Solzhenitzen) would certainly be
wide-eyed at such a benign definition.  See my response in a longer message.
Sincerely, 
                                     Frank
                                                                              
                                                       
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