Ideology and its Evolution in Event Planning and Management

Running head: Event Planning and management
Event Planning and management

Event Planning and management 1
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Key themes and ideas of the chapter............................................................................................................2
Summary of the chapter...............................................................................................................................3
Lessons learned and the association of ideology with event management...................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................4
References...................................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Ideology can be referred to as the capability of the human being to hold a vision for the society
and its members (Page & Connell, 2014). So, in this article, the various aspects of ideology and
its evolution shall be discussed. Furthermore, its development in the context of event
management shall also be discussed.
Key themes and ideas of the chapter
The main idea of the chapter is to inform the readers about the origination of ideology and its
stages of development. It has gone through three stages in the past. In the first stage, there were
writers, marginal and philosophers who were feeling misplaced in the society and they were in
search of the ideology. Plato, Thomas More and H.G. Wells are some of them. The second
stage is known as ‘Classical Ideology’. It was marked by the efforts of unifying science with
mythology. The followers of this school of thought were amongst the peasants and working
class. Ideology became self-consciously irrational and mythological and it was driven by a force
of young intellectual (Moufakkir & Pernecky, 2014).
The ideology which is prevalent in the recent times can be related to the notion which was
followed in the 19th Century in France. ‘Antoine Destutt de Tracy ‘after the revolution in the
country established the ideas of action and thoughts through which the science and criticism of
ideas emerged. Since then it has gained lots of intellectual consideration.
Another notion of ideology evolved in the form of Marxism which was founded by Karl
Heinrich Marx and Frederick Engels. They explained ideology as a form of misrepresentation of
the real. It is a damaging force which aims at oppressing and misleading the powerless people.