"What was Marx’s Concept of Ideology?" by Sandro Brito Rojas (Keywords: Inversion; Alienation; Capitalism; False Consciousness; Revolution)
Sandro Brito Rojas argues that, for Marx, ideology is a false consciousness that obscures the true nature of social relations, particularly the alienation caused by the division between mental and material labor. Rojas highlights that Marx’s critique of ideology is not just intellectual but calls for revolutionary action. Ideology is a consequence of social contradictions, not their root cause. To overcome ideological distortions, a material transformation of society is necessary.