The Left and the Right are political labels or ideologies.
However, an ideology does not have to belong to the Left or the Right. Or sit in between these two.
Ideologies are enduring patterns of thought that extend beyond electoral politics into our social relationships, moral values, and even religious beliefs.
Ideologies shape our psychology in selecting information and knowledge, and thus influence our understanding of the world around us.
They influence not only what we think, but how we think.
These frameworks shape the way we interpret reality. They guide which facts we notice, which sources we trust, which questions we ask, and which explanations we find convincing.
Left and the Right are only two broad expressions of a deeper psychological tendency: the human need to construct coherent systems of meaning.
Understanding ideology, therefore, is not merely about understanding politics; it is about understanding one of the most fundamental structures of human cognition and collective life.
-Promod Puri
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