Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ideology after the collapse of communism / Kenneth Minogue -- Politi cal integration, the limited state, and the philosophy of postmodernism / Noel O'Sullivan -- After socialism / David Marquand -- Premature obi tuaries: a comment on O'Sullivan, Minogue, and Marquand / Alex Callinic os -- Liberalism and collectivism in the 20th century / Richard M. Ebel ing -- Decolonizing liberalism / Bhikhu Parekh -- The concept of fundam entalism / Bhikhu Parekh -- Nationalism: ambiguous legacies and conting ent futures / Eugene Kamenka -- The people, the intelligentsia and Russ ian political culture / Marc Raeff -- The United States: liberals, cons ervatives, and the challenge of liberation / Robert K. Faulkner -- Ideo logical politics and the contemporary world: have we seen the last of " isms"? / Alexsandras Shtromas.