Yoshihiro francis fukuyama born october 27, 1952 is an american political scientist, political economist, and author. As the end of the century in this case the end of the 80s approaches, the triumph of western liberal democracy again seems the inevitability that it did at the turn of the previous century. Fukuyama discussed his book, the end of history and the last man, in which he contends that the. Boldly outlining the challenges and problems to face modern liberal democracies, frances fukuyama examined what had just happened and then speculated what was going to come next.
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Francis fukuyama the national interest, summer 1989 2 believed that the direction of historical development was a purposeful one determined by the interplay of material forces, and would come to an end only with the achievement of a communist utopia that would finally resolve all prior contradictions. Francis fukuyamas prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the cold war. In a famous article written at the end of the cold war, fukuyama argued that the progression of human history as a struggle between ideologies was at an endnot that history itself would cease, but that there was no longer any. Complete summary of francis fukuyamas the end of history and the last man.
Printed in the national interest summer 1989 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. Fukuyama basically saw the liberaldemocratic order that the united states of america represented as the last man standing after the fall of the soviet union and perceived demise of communism in the glob. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read end of history and the last man. End of history and the last man ebook written by francis fukuyama. Francis fukuyama is deputy director of the state departments policy planning staff and former analyst at the. Fukuyama 1989 end of history what students are saying as a current student on this bumpy collegiate pathway, i stumbled upon course hero, where i can find study resources for nearly all my courses, get online help from tutors 247, and even share my old projects. Now fukuyama has produced a brilliant book that, its. In a spiegel interview, the author of the end of history explains why he now believes that the excesses of capitalism are a threat to democracy and asks why there is no tea party on the left. More than that, however, i argued that liberal democracy may constitute the end point of mankinds ideological evolution and the final form of human government.
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