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Francis Fukuyama and the end of history

Howard Williams, David Sullivan and E. Gwynn Matthews

(Political philosophy now)

University of Wales Press, 1997

  • : cased
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index

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: cased ISBN 9780708314272

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In the early 1990s the American academic, political commentator and government advisor, Francis Fukuyama, leapt to prominence with his argument that society had entered a new and lasting phase. He claimed that the change was so dramatic that it might be accurately depicted as the end of history. Fukuyama derived his argument from the writings of Kant, Hegel and a critical reading of Marx. This new phase represented the worldwide triumph of liberal democracy with the collapse of communism. History has ended in the sense that there is no more room for large ideological battles. This volume is an in-depth discussion of Fukuyama's argument. It also relates Fukuyama's theory of history, to Karl Popper's criticism of historicism and attempts to denote the connection between Fukuyama's account of history and its importance in evaluating the recent course of international relations and US foreign policy.
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: pbk ISBN 9780708314289

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In the early 1990's the American academic, political commentator and government advisor, Francis Fukuyama, leapt to prominence with his argument that society had entered a new and lasting phase. He claimed that the change was so dramatic that it might be accurately depicted as representing the end of history. Fukuyama derived his argument from the writings of Kant, Hegel and a critical reading of Marx. This new phase represented the worldwide triumph of liberal democracy with the collapse of Communism. History has ended in the sense that there is no more room for large idealogical battles. This first book, is an in-depth discussion of Fukuyama's influential argument, it is both lucid and thorough. In addition it relates Fukuyama's theory of history to Karl Popper's criticism of historicism and attempts to denote the connection between Fukuyama's account of history, and that of the Christian religion.The book concludes by assessing the impact of Fukuyama's work upon the philosophy of history and its importance in evaluating the recent course of international relations and US foreign policy.

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