The End of History and the Last Man
1992 book by Francis Fukuyama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: That is, the end-point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government."
Author | Francis Fukuyama |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Free Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
Media type | |
Pages | 418 |
ISBN | 978-0-02-910975-5 |
Followed by | Trust |
Fukuyama draws upon the philosophies and ideologies of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, who define human history as a linear progression, from one socioeconomic epoch to another.[1]
The book expands on Fukuyama's essay "The End of History?" that was published in The National Interest journal, Summer 1989.[2][3]