Understanding Ideology and Dogmatic Thinking

What is ideology? We call a thought an ideology when this ideology has two arms.

What is ideology? We call a thought an ideology when this ideology has two arms.

که این ایدئولوژی دو تا بازو داشته باشه.

One is that it conveys a set of doctrines to you. What are those doctrines?

Rigid doctrines, let me correct myself. This becomes one part of ideology.

Rigid doctrines, let me correct myself. This becomes one part of ideology.

این میشه یک جزئی از ایدئولوژی.

These doctrines are a set of descriptions and prescriptions.

Example: If a system comes and tells you," Look, this action is right,

Example: If a system comes and tells you," Look, this action is right,

" And this is just right, don't even think about it."

Meaning a dogmatic thought about the interpretation of the world.

So this becomes a dogmatic doctrinal interpretation. And how should I live?

و من باید چه‌جوری زندگی کنم؟

" You must never have sex before marriage." This is a prescription.

And having no cognitive flexibility becomes the doctrinal part of ideology.

میشه جزء آموزه‌ای ایدئولوژیک.

So one part of ideology is dogmatic thinking. Dogmatic thinking is a way

تفکر دگماتیک تفکری است که با افزایش داده‌ها،

with more data, the emergence of new evidence,

That is, until yesterday, the evidence said, for example, that the cause

That is, until yesterday, the evidence said, for example, that the cause

And then evidence is found that,

If the person gives up that doctrinal story,

then it is no longer ideological.

Well, this becomes dogmatic thinking if it doesn't change.

But is this enough for an ideology?

If you stubbornly believe that one shouldn't eat meat and must be a vegetarian,

گوشت نباید خورد و باید گیاه‌خوار بود،

and no matter how much evidence they present that,

or one can eat this much sugar, whatever, no matter what evidence comes,

doctrinal component of ideology, but it doesn't become an ideology.

So, ideology has a second component as well: the relational component.

So, ideology has a second component as well: the relational component.

Its relational component is this: insiders speak the truth, and outsiders are wrong.

Its relational component is this: insiders speak the truth, and outsiders are wrong.

حرف درست را خودی‌ها می‌زنند

و غیرخودی‌ها اشتباه می‌کنند.

You must love the insiders, and stay away from outsiders. You must sacrifice

و از غیرخودی‌ها دوری کنی.

your life for insiders and destroy outsiders as much as you can.

و تا می‌تونی غیرخودی‌ها را نابود کنی.

When he came and looked at ideology,

he saw they have these two aspects. One: dogmatic thinking is not corrected by

he saw they have these two aspects. One: dogmatic thinking is not corrected by

an impassable border between insider and outsider,

این دو تا هست که ایدئولوژی رو می‌سازه.

up ideology. And he says any thinking you see that has these two characteristics