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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Ideological State Apparatus''' are private institutions that use [[Ideology]] to manipulate and control the working classes in order to reproduce the [[Working Class]]es <Ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref>
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===Althusser===
 
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I shall call Ideological State Apparatuses a certain number of realities which presentthemselves to the immediate observer in the form of distinct and specialized institutions. Ipropose an empirical list of these which will obviously have to be examined in detail,tested, corrected and re-organized. With all the reservations implied by this requirement,we can for the moment regard the following institutions as Ideological State Apparatuses(the order in which I have listed them has no particular significance):
 
*the religious ISA (the system of the different churches),
*the educational ISA (the system of the different public and private‘schools’),
*the family ISA,
*the legal ISA,
*the political ISA (the political system, including the differentparties),
*the trade-union ISA,
*the communications ISA (press, radio and television, etc.),
*the cultural ISA (literature, the arts, sports, etc.).<Ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref></blockquote>
 
What distinguishes the [[Repressive State Apparatus]] from the [[Ideological State Apparatus]]?
 
* "As a first moment, it is clear that while there is one (Repressive) State Apparatus, there is a plurality of Ideological State Apparatuses. Even presupposing that it exists, the unity that constitutes this plurality of ISAs as a body is not immediately visible.<Ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref>
* "As a second moment, it is clear that whereas the unified – (Repressive) State Apparatus belongs entirely to the public domain, much the larger part of the Ideological StateApparatuses (in their apparent dispersion) are part, on the contrary, of the private domain. Churches, Parties, Trade Unions, families, some schools, most newspapers, cultural ventures, etc., etc., are private.
* "But now for what is essential. What distinguishes the ISAs from the (Repressive) StateApparatus is the following basic difference: the Repressive State Apparatus functions ‘byviolence’, whereas the Ideological State Apparatuses function 'by ideology'.<Ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref>
 
Note that "every StateApparatus, whether Repressive or Ideological, ‘functions’ both by violence and byideology, but with one very important distinction which makes it imperative not toconfuse the Ideological State Apparatuses with the (Repressive) State Apparatus.
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This is the fact that the (Repressive) State Apparatus functions massively andpredominantly
by repression (including physical repression), while functioning secondarily by ideology. (There is no such thing as a purely repressive apparatus.) For example, the Army and the Police also function by ideology both to ensure their own cohesion and reproduction, and in the ‘values’ they propound externally.
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In the same way, but inversely, it is essential to say that for their part the  Ideological State Apparatuses function massively and predominantly by ideology, but they also function secondarily by repression, even if ultimately, but only ultimately, this is  and concealed, even symbolic. (There is no such thing as a purely ideological apparatus.) Thus Schools and Churches use suitable methods of punishment, expulsion, selection, etc., to ‘discipline’ not only their shepherds, but also their flocks. The same  of the Family.... The same is true of the cultural IS Apparatus (censorship, among other things), etc."<Ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref>
 
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The Ideological State Apparatus are private institutions that use Ideology to manipulate and control the working classes in order to reproduce the Working Classes [1]

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Notes

Althusser

I shall call Ideological State Apparatuses a certain number of realities which presentthemselves to the immediate observer in the form of distinct and specialized institutions. Ipropose an empirical list of these which will obviously have to be examined in detail,tested, corrected and re-organized. With all the reservations implied by this requirement,we can for the moment regard the following institutions as Ideological State Apparatuses(the order in which I have listed them has no particular significance):

  • the religious ISA (the system of the different churches),
  • the educational ISA (the system of the different public and private‘schools’),
  • the family ISA,
  • the legal ISA,
  • the political ISA (the political system, including the differentparties),
  • the trade-union ISA,
  • the communications ISA (press, radio and television, etc.),
  • the cultural ISA (literature, the arts, sports, etc.).[2]

What distinguishes the Repressive State Apparatus from the Ideological State Apparatus?

  • "As a first moment, it is clear that while there is one (Repressive) State Apparatus, there is a plurality of Ideological State Apparatuses. Even presupposing that it exists, the unity that constitutes this plurality of ISAs as a body is not immediately visible.[3]
  • "As a second moment, it is clear that whereas the unified – (Repressive) State Apparatus belongs entirely to the public domain, much the larger part of the Ideological StateApparatuses (in their apparent dispersion) are part, on the contrary, of the private domain. Churches, Parties, Trade Unions, families, some schools, most newspapers, cultural ventures, etc., etc., are private.
  • "But now for what is essential. What distinguishes the ISAs from the (Repressive) StateApparatus is the following basic difference: the Repressive State Apparatus functions ‘byviolence’, whereas the Ideological State Apparatuses function 'by ideology'.[4]

Note that "every StateApparatus, whether Repressive or Ideological, ‘functions’ both by violence and byideology, but with one very important distinction which makes it imperative not toconfuse the Ideological State Apparatuses with the (Repressive) State Apparatus.
This is the fact that the (Repressive) State Apparatus functions massively andpredominantly by repression (including physical repression), while functioning secondarily by ideology. (There is no such thing as a purely repressive apparatus.) For example, the Army and the Police also function by ideology both to ensure their own cohesion and reproduction, and in the ‘values’ they propound externally.
In the same way, but inversely, it is essential to say that for their part the Ideological State Apparatuses function massively and predominantly by ideology, but they also function secondarily by repression, even if ultimately, but only ultimately, this is and concealed, even symbolic. (There is no such thing as a purely ideological apparatus.) Thus Schools and Churches use suitable methods of punishment, expulsion, selection, etc., to ‘discipline’ not only their shepherds, but also their flocks. The same of the Family.... The same is true of the cultural IS Apparatus (censorship, among other things), etc."[5]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
  2. ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
  3. ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
  4. ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
  5. ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.


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