In the realm of literary and cultural theory, “interpellation” has taken on a specialized meaning, referring to the process by which individuals are hailed or called upon to. This essay aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of althusser’s concept of interpellation, exploring its key elements, implications, and significance in understanding. Althusser argues that ideology represents individuals' imaginary relationship to their real conditions of existence.
The concept of interpellation, as introduced by althusser, is explored to understand how ideology functions in constructing subjects and identities. Ideology is a ubiquitous concept that is created. Interpellation is a process, a process in which we encounter our culture’s values and internalize them.
An analysis of interpellation and legitimation which would underpin the central claim that subjects are constituted by ideology is thus striking for its absence. Interpellation expresses the idea that an idea is not simply yours alone (such as “i like. Ideology has a material existence through rituals and.