Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Ideology and its Distortion

PurpleRain is studying about Confucianism's influence in Old China until now.

From what u r studying u will realize that an ideology is only a mix of value (intention, wanting) and belief. It states that what values are to pursue and how will it work. The creator of an ideology normally is not the one to put it into practice. The ones who put it into practice are normally who have personal interest in it, so they promote the ideology to justify their own value proposition, or their hidden agenda. In other words, the creator of an ideology is not the same as the creator of the practice. When someone decides to promote the ideology, they more or less will "distort" the interpretation so that it can fit into the context they have self interest ventured in it. Some distortions are intended, some distortions are not meant to, but in both case the fact of distortion still exists. That's why in Introduction CD we encourage you all to listen to your IB but not just the book that has been "translated again and again, added and edited unto, no longer said by the one that u revere".


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