Ideology after the collapse of communism / Kenneth Minogue -- Political integration, the limited state, and the philosophy of postmodernism / Noel O'Sullivan -- After socialism / David Marquand -- Premature obituaries: a comment on O'Sullivan, Minogue, and Marquand / Alex Callinicos -- Liberalism and collectivism in the 20th century / Richard M. Ebeling -- Decolonizing liberalism / Bhikhu Parekh -- The concept of fundamentalism / Bhikhu Parekh -- Nationalism: ambiguous legacies and contingent futures / Eugene Kamenka -- The people, the intelligentsia and Russian political culture / Marc Raeff -- The United States: liberals, conservatives, and the challenge of liberation / Robert K. Faulkner -- Ideological politics and the contemporary world: have we seen the last of "isms"? / Alexsandras Shtromas