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Nov 16, 2022 · Put very simply, by “the end of history,” Fukuyama did not mean that we had reached a stage where nothing else would occur of historical significance – that all problems had been solved and...
Francis Fukuyama** IN WATCHING the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history.
The End of History and the Last Man is a 1992 book of political philosophy by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama which argues that with the ascendancy of Western liberal democracy—which occurred after the Cold War (1945–1991) and the dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)—humanity has reached "not just ... the passing of a ...
- Francis Fukuyama
- 1992
Sep 20, 2023 · In 1989, a policy wonk in the US State Department wrote a paper for the right-leaning international relations magazine The National Interest entitled “The End of History?”. His name was Francis Fukuyama, and the paper stirred such interest – and caused such controversy – that he was soon contracted to expand his 18-page article into a ...
Fukuyama’s thesis of the end of history is, as we have seen, far from original. It is, as The End of History and the Last Man itself makes abundantly clear, the product of a long and distinguished tradition which includes three of the most influential modern philosophers – Kant, Hegel and Marx.
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Fukuyama’s central thesis in The End of History and the Last Man is that human history is moving towards a state of idealised harmony through the mechanisms of liberal democracy. For Fukuyama, the realization of an ideal political and economic system which has the essential elements of liberal democracy is the purpose behind the march of history.
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Complete summary of Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The End of History and the Last Man.
