Ideology and False Consciousness: Marx and His Historical Progenitors (S U N Y Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

argues that Marx's concept of ideology is an epistemological one In this book Christopher Pines demonstrates that Karl Marx conceived of ideology as false consciousness. He shows how the different meanings of false consciousness found in the writings of Marx and Engels reflect the influence of the views of the Baconian-French Enlightenment and of Hegelian Feuerbachian philosophies. Pines argues that, for Marx, the diverse senses of false consciousness all generally denote a social consciousness that takes certain false things to be true regarding matters of significance to class-divided societies.Christopher L. Pines is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rio Grande. 1. Introduction To The Problematic -- 2. Bacon's Theory Of Idols And Marx On Ideological Fallacies -- 3. Ideology And The French Enlightenment -- 4. Ideology And Political Class Struggle: Hegel's Philosophy Of History And The Political False Consciousness In The Writings Of Marx And Engels -- 5. The Hegelian And Feuerbachian Approach To The Alienated Mind -- 6. Alienation And False Consciousness In The Writings Of The Young Marx -- 7. Alienation, The Fetishism Of Commodities, And Ideology In Capital -- 8. Conclusion. Christopher L. Pines. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 167-236) And Index.