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And precisely in what way, if I may, would "pronouncing ideology dead" be even remotely similar to "sloganeering" ? (let alone I challenge you to point me  wherever such a declaration would be made at all).

Been there, done that, gave the reference to Fukuyama. What more do you want? A detailed dissection of The end of History complete with an analysis of all the misleading sloganeering in it (of which the death of ideology is but one among several)?

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 05:25:54 PM EST
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You gave the reference to Fukuyama, it's true, but then you said that it is

"beside the point, because I was using it as an example of sloganeering"

So (unless I misread your english) I rightly ignored it.

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)

by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 06:58:11 PM EST
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OK, my bad. I should've specified that Fukuyama does both. I just figured he was a known name. He's one of the big hotshots that usually gets quoted when the subject is the fall of the Soviet Union.

My bad.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 07:08:40 PM EST
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