It is important to not the parallel made between the unconscious and ideology. Both are seen by Althusser as being open-ended, no beginning or end accept as they relate to human existence. That is humans have an unconscious. Also humans have a need to explain themselves. We have dreams.
Ideology interpellates individuals as subjects.
Through the thought processes of ideological rumination, we see ourselves in relation to creation, which includes ourselves and all other subjects. A. Christian ideology is a prime example of how ideologies work. The subject as the individual 2. The Subject as the authority 3. There is a parallel between the dynamics of hegemonic forces in a society or culture and the dynamics of an ideology.