... of invisibility and ramification of ideology that makes of it a more potent means to integrate subjects into political and social power structures than physical force. Althusser goes further in his analysis to assert that this intricate relationship between the governor and the governed causes the latter to unconsciously accept predetermined identities of subjugation through a given ideology propagated by the state. He ... ideological state apparatuses, and deceive themselves into believing that they are acting out of their own volition. Althusser's theory can be applied to the sociopol...

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