LA POSITION IDÉOLOGIQUE, TYRANNIE DE L'IDÉE, DE L'IDÉAL ET DE L'IDOLE.

The distinction between ideology as a discourse of the social group and the social and psychological functions it serves permits specification of the ideological position, defined as the relation between the individual subject and three aspects of the group unconscious : the omnipotent Idea, which replaces the reality principle ; the Ideal, which establishes faith or belief in the group, and the Idol who protects and who must be served without hesitation or doubt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]