Cultural affinity now outweighs shared ideology as a political glue

Evidence

In the post-Cold War world, culture is both a divisive and a unifying force. People separated by ideology but united by culture come together, as the two Germanys did and as the two Koreas and the several Chinas are beginning to. Societies united by ideology or historical circumstance but divided by civilization either come apart, as did the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Bosnia, or are subjected to intense strain, as is the case with Ukraine, Nigeria, Sudan, India, Sri Lanka, and many others. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 44

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the reader’s social-capital material (Coleman): culture here functions as a macro-level bonding capital that can unite or divide states. — connects to: Shared ideological critique did not yet imply a clear program of positive policy — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 167; The substance behind democratic homogeneity shifts historically, from religious conviction to national belonging. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 176