Lionel Trilling Quote

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.


The Liberal Imagination (ed. New York Review of Books, 2012) - ISBN: 9781590175514


Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to ...

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to ...

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to ...

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to ...