. ▁By ▁contrast , ▁the ▁general ▁concept ▁of ▁" social ▁mask s " ▁assumes ▁no ▁specific ▁theory , ▁specific ▁society ▁or ▁specific ▁historical ▁time ; ▁social ▁mask s ▁of ▁whatever ▁form ▁can ▁be ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁existed ▁forever ▁and ▁a ▁day , ▁and ▁thus ▁are ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁permanent ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁condition . ▁ ▁" False ▁aw aren ess " ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁link ▁between ▁character ▁mask s ▁and ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁deliber ate ▁mis re presentation ▁and ▁hyp oc ris y . ▁Yet ▁character ▁mask s ▁need ▁not ▁be ▁hyp oc rit ical , ▁in so far ▁as ▁the ▁mot ive ▁for ▁their ▁use ▁is ▁genu ine , ▁s inc ere , ▁principle d ▁or ▁na ive ▁– ▁or ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁( self -) del usion . ▁People ▁can ▁also ▁mask ▁their ▁behavior , ▁or ▁mask ▁a ▁situation , ▁without ▁being ▁aware ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁doing ▁so . ▁Paul ▁Ric œur ▁explains : ▁ ▁The ▁" false ▁aw aren ess " ▁( fal sch es ▁Bew us st sein ) ▁in ▁the ▁classical ▁sense ▁used ▁by ▁Friedrich ▁Eng els ▁does ▁not ▁necessarily ▁refer ▁to ▁" errors " ▁in ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁aw aren ess . ▁It ▁refers ▁rather ▁to ▁an ▁absence ▁of ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁really ▁behind ▁the ▁ideas ▁being ▁worked ▁with , ▁how ▁they ▁have ▁origin ated , ▁or ▁what ▁the ▁real ▁role ▁or ▁effect ▁of ▁the ▁ideas ▁is . ▁The ▁first ▁result ▁of ▁that ▁is , ▁that ▁the ▁ide olog ists