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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 ...
16 Νοε 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...
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.
Fukayama puts forth his "logic of history": Western institu tions and the values they espouse—democracy, individual rights, the rule of law, and wealth that results from economic freedom— are ultimately universal values that the world will aspire to and make their own if given the opportunity.
Fukuyama applies Hegelian concept of the end of history to claim that liberal democracy is an embodiment of Hegelian stage of the end of ideological evolution. For him, after the collapse of communism, the ideology of liberal democracy has no rival.
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.
1 Ιαν 1993 · This article provides a critical reading of Francis Fukuyama's ‘The end of history’ thesis, focusing on its Hegelian methodology and questioning its conception of democratic perfection in order to undermine/deconstruct its geopolitical conclusions.
