Research from psychological science has shown that people often adopt
ideological belief systems that reduce their feelings of threat.
Not exact matches
This
system of
belief and social interpretation generally does not reflect the diversity of social reality there is within the society, but is consistent more with the economic or
ideological system which has given it birth and its corporate managers who hold power within the
system and benefit from it.
One
ideological difference does stand out between Protestant America and Catholic Mexico; it is the difference in those
belief systems that Max Weber made explicit.
Convincing your
ideological opponent that your «heavy - handed» slagging of their
belief system is an exceptional work of art is quite the feat.
The artists featured in Fire Within confront
ideological, cultural, and social topics throughout their work — including the changing perceptions of cultural and gender identity, social dynamics and status, and traditional values and
belief systems.
Addressing the role played by (mis) information within
systems of power, and their failures, Fullerton draws his controversial characters from mass media: famous journalists and radio broadcasters, spies and human intelligence gatherers, wrongfully convicted prisoners, figures of political scandals, icons of the media and the Internet... The stories behind these individuals illustrate
ideological beliefs, collective rumours, and the failures of regulative
systems.
Rafal Milach's ongoing artistic practice focuses on applied sociotechnical
systems of governmental control and
ideological manipulations of
belief and consciousness.
I believe these unpleasant pieces of the puzzle need to be fit into place in order to understand the internally conflicting positions of many honest «deniers», and to understand and the positions of others who are committed to absolute confidence in the truth of some fundamental «axioms» of their
ideological (religious / mathematic / econometric / political)
belief systems.