Some Origins of Singularity of thought and Social Conformity

Steven J. Gerardi

Volume 14 Issue 3

Global Journal of Human-Social Science

Louis Althusser suggested eight forms of ideologywhichcomprisetheIdeologicalStateApparatuses(ISA).According to Althusser these ISA’s manage hegemony withouttheneedforthestaterepressiveforce.Thisoriginaleffortsuggeststhatinthewakeofmassivehistoricalandsocialchange, two additional ideologies must be added to Althusserconcepts; a) the Mass Culture Ideology; and b) “TechnologicalNihilism”. Indeed, both ideologies operate in tandem with eachother resulting in the singularity of thought, social conformity,and hegemony.