application/pdf article en-US TWO Academicus Academicus 2079-3715 2309-1088 © Copyright 2010, Academicus, All rights reserved. MMXXI 24 Introductory Remarks on Ideology and Sociology Franco Ferrarotti 10.7336/academicus.2021.24.02 16 38 2021-07-01T06:30Z 11578 ideological utopianism; personalistic leadership; social process; rational analysis The main contention of this paper is that the eventual decline of ideology would pave the way to personalism and piece-meal policy-making. In this respect, sociology should analyze the process of social evolution while the ideological goals tend to concentrate on the middle-range and distant future.