LH>Notice that the "main purpose behind an ideology is to offer change in society through a LH>normative thought process." according to Wikipedia. The definitions here don't explicitly address "main purpose" but do show the Wikipedia view's not necessarily accepted (to put it mildly) (there's a massive literature on ideology but I don't really want to throw it in right now) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ideology and see http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:SF1f6U1m5eIJ:www.ln.edu.hk/eng/staff/eoyang/icla/HKPNew%2520-%2520Han%2520Jiaming.doc+%22Ideology+and+Utopia%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=uk&client=firefox-a (please trim posts where possible) Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html