True, adopting the appropriate policy would require the ECB to articulate its rationale with great care. Here it can take lessons from its British and American counterparts credibility does not require dogmatism, but rather clarity of purpose.

The strident and damaging dogmatism of fundamentalists of every stripe has a common feature a truculent sense of grievance, rooted in fear and resentment of modernity. Christian fundamentalism in America harks back to nineteenth century populism and anti intellectualism.

If this beneficial relationship is to be maintained, scientific independence from both religious dogmatism and governmental intervention must be defended. Who would have thought that, at the dawn of the twenty first century, the old Enlightenment debates would still be so potent?

A Bolshevik anticommunism, similar in its dogmatism to communism itself, has from time to time run riot in parts of Eastern Europe. In country after country, that Manichean mindset, with its oversimplifications and manipulations, was merely re fashioned to serve the new people in power.

A Bolshevik anticommunism, similar in its dogmatism to communism itself, has from time to time run riot in parts of Eastern Europe. In country after country, that Manichean mindset, with its oversimplifications and manipulations, was merely re fashioned to serve the new people in power.

Indeed, in a certain sense, Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz, and other neo conservative elder statesmen remain defined by the communist dogmatism they sought to oppose when they were youthful Trotskyists. The virtue of their party or clique needs no complex justification it stands for American values, while critics merely provide an objective apology for the enemies of freedom.

All forms of religious fundamentalism rely on the notion of a pure religion independent of cultural variations and influences. Today's Islamic revival shares the dogmatism, communitarianism, and scripturalism of American evangelist movements both reject culture, philosophy, and even theology to favor a literalist reading of sacred texts and an immediate understanding of truth through individual faith.