Notas acerca de la determinación de lo ideológico y verdadero en Teoría de la Ideología (Revista Ciencia Política, v.25, n.2, 2005)

The requirement of assuming a given category of the true for the determination of the ideological -the condition of true knowledge- has always been a basic premise of the classic theory of ideology. The emergence of a "poststructuralist ethos", however, has meant the explicit denying of such condition, becoming the main theoretical challenge to those authors who insist in using the notion of ideology in "post modern" times. This work assesses the classic answers given to the determination of the ideological as well as the contemporary theories elaborated in response to the challenge posed by post-structuralism, within the descriptive and negative research program on ideology distinguished by Geuss (1981). The paper finally proposes a re-conceptualisation of the notion of ideology which, acknowledging the permanence of the `necessity' of the true, places the praxis of the individuals as the main "locus" for both the ideological delusion and the critical emancipation.