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Full Idea
In the 1950s there was talk of the 'end of ideology' - that grand passions over ideas were exhausted, and in future problems would be solved by technical expertise.
Gist of Idea
In the 1950s they said ideology is finished, and expertise takes over
Source
Steven Lukes (Power: a Radical View (2nd ed) [2005], Intro)
Book Ref
Lukes,Steven: 'Power: a radical view' [Macmillan 2005], p.2
A Reaction
An understandable thought, once fascism and communism seemed to have burned themselves out. Political commentators always try to grip the crowds with simplistic labels, but fewer people will now read up an ideology. Tacit ideology.