What are the best philosophers/books to read to understand why

>>9424947
Marx, Engels, Althusser, Zizek, Eagleton has a good book on ideology, Jameson

>>9424947
Henry Miller, start with "Tropic of Cancer."


>>9425001
Some of those view ideology as a necessary and unavoidable thing or as a false consciousness from a better political ideology. OP is looking more for a quietism/adhering to nothing.

>>9424947
>taking a political ideology
what did he mean by this?

>>9425008
yea but if he read what I suggested he'd understand that his goal is impossible. I guess though if you adhered to Wittgensteins ideology (or cult) you could become truly apolitical but you'd worship master Witt every night

>>9425017
Well, one could just be a centrist who seeks success or even merely to exist in whatever political environment they find themselves in while desiring no particular change. That's closer to what I think OP wants.