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Define ideology. Critically examine the “End of Ideology”. Debate

  • UPSC 2001
  • Political Ideologies

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Ideology has no settled definition because the word does two jobs: it unmasks (the critical sense) and it classifies (the neutral sense). Whether ideology can "end" depends on which sense is meant, and the End of Ideology thesis drew its force from quietly moving between them.

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  • Defining Ideology
  • The Thesis at Its Strongest
  • Critique
  • Conclusion
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