In this tradition, ideology was often seen as antithetical to science. This conceptual contrast between science and ideology has largely been passed down to us today, for example, when science is imagined to be quintessentially nonideological.

Is ideology a science of ideas?

Ideology, a form of social or political philosophy in which practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones. It is a system of ideas that aspires both to explain the world and to change it.

How is ideology different from science?

The difference between ideology and science is a difference of methods of reasoning and hence of inquiry. Both begin in the same social relations but they proceed differently with them. Both have as their ground the categories in which actual social relations are expressed.