INTRODUCTION

The story of the Emperor’s New Clothes is one we are all familiar with. It is often used as a metaphor for ideology. Capitalism is the naked emperor and the new clothes whatever ideological gown we drape over him to forget or disavow what is only too apparent. Ideology is our reality. It enables us...

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1. Verfasser:	COLIN CREMIN
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied ethics Applied philosophy Business Campaign ethics Capitalism Clothing industry Consumer goods industries Continental philosophy Critical theory Ecological economics Economic conditions Economic fluctuations Economic recessions Economic theory Economic trends Economics Emperors Environmental economics Environmental studies Government Government officials Heads of state Industrial sectors Industry Manufacturing industries Marxian economics Metaphilosophy Monarchs Philosophy Political campaigns Political ideologies Political philosophy Political processes Political science Politics Social criticism Social ethics Social philosophy Western philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:	The story of the Emperor’s New Clothes is one we are all familiar with. It is often used as a metaphor for ideology. Capitalism is the naked emperor and the new clothes whatever ideological gown we drape over him to forget or disavow what is only too apparent. Ideology is our reality. It enables us to make sense out of non-sense, to have a sense of who we are and to generate meaning from chaos. When, in 2008, the financial markets went into turmoil, even the most skilled of tailors had trouble convincing anyone that the Emperor was anything but
DOI:	10.2307/j.ctt183p2gq.4