诺斯从经济学视角对意识形态所做的实证分析,对意识形态的知识社会学研究和意识形态理论地位的确立作出了重要贡献。诺斯的意识形态理论主要由意识形态的本质、起源、变革、功能以及有效性条件等几部分组成。诺斯的意识形态理论对社会主义市场经济条件下马克思主义的建设与发展具有重要的借鉴意义。 North’s positive analysis of ideology from the perspective of economics makes an important contribution to the study of ideological sociology of knowledge and the ideological status of ideology. North’s ideology theory mainly consists of the essence of ideology, origin, change, function and validity conditions. North’s ideology theory has important referential significance to the construction and development of Marxism under the condition of socialist market economy.