An ideology is the accumulation of ideas, thoughts and practices that are related, about a real environment about a general system that includes the political, social, economic, religious, moral and even scientific and technological fields. The ideology may also refer to the thoughts and ideas of an individual, society or even historical periods, such as the fascist ideology, neoliberal ideology, Marxist ideology, among others. Ideologies consist of a theoretical foundation that defines the ideals, objectives and ways of life to which they aspire to reach, and on the other hand a practical foundation, which is nothing more than the measures, actions and reforms that must be executed to ultimately achieve the ideal.
The ideology is characterized by the involvement of membership of a group of individuals that antagonizes other group. In this way, it can be said that ideology implies a certain dogmatism; Such is the case of religions, which in a certain way seek spiritual fulfillment but each one has a certain practical basis to achieve this end, which is why they frequently enter into antagonism between them despite wanting to reach the same end. the stiffnessHowever, the flexibility of an ideology depends on each individual or group that adopts it for themselves, since it can be adapted according to the needs and changes that may occur in the course of its implementation, provided that these adaptations do not change from substantially that in which the ideal is based origin.
Some theorists on the subject are those who argue that the ability of a person or group to adapt their ideology in contrast to external requests and new needs are those that manage to perpetuate themselves over time, a clear example of this would be the Catholic religion, which despite many times maintaining a dogmatic position has also shown to possess the ability to adapt to modern times, without negatively affecting its beliefs and fundamental purposes.
On the other hand, there are also theorists who affirm that changes and adaptations have no place for an already formed and grounded ideology, thus having a more radical and not permissive vision about what is expected to be obtained with an ideology.
