Political ideology was never really dead after the Cold War

Evidence

While it may seem that ideology has died out in a post–Cold War world, islands of secular millennialism remain. They appear in the resurgence of ethnic nationalism in many parts of the world, notably the Balkans, the Caucasus, and South Asia. They also appear in the racist and xenophobic movements that are prominent in western and central Europe and, to a lesser degree, in North America. Finally, they emerge in some antiglobalization rhetoric, with its implied nostalgia for a lost golden age of small, self-suffi cient communities. Thus it would be incorrect to say that the older millennialisms, whether religious or secular, have disappeared; both can be found in numerous vital forms. Nonetheless, they have been joined by a third variety, which I call the improvisational millenarian style. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 136

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Bell’s end-of-ideology thesis and Huntington’s clash-of-civilizations response to Fukuyama — thematic grist used in several chapters of this book. — connects to: The Cold War paradigm dominated despite blind spots and anomalies; Post-Cold War US-based neocons theorized that a single hegemonic power guarantees global stability; Cold War institutions outlive the conditions that justified them — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 857

Broader Connections

• The Cold War paradigm dominated despite blind spots and anomalies #corroborates (0.78)
• Post-Cold War US-based neocons theorized that a single hegemonic power guarantees global stability #exemplifies (0.72)
• Cold War institutions outlive the conditions that justified them #corroborates (0.72) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 857