Sometimes, there are comments about a supposed “des-ideologization”
of politics. This refers to the fact that nowadays many parties are stressing
their ideological roots less than their pragmatic approach with regard to
social and political challenges. The above-mentioned concepts, however,
make it clear that ideologies still are of considerable relevance for the
identification of worldviews and political positions. We never reached the
“end of ideologies” as has been proclaimed by the American political
scientist Francis Fukuyama at the end of the Cold War. He supposed that
liberal democracy would finally be enforced against all other forms of
governance, and therefore all ideological debates could come to an end