A Macat analysis of Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man By Ian Jackson Kindle Edition A Macat analysis of Francis Fukuyamas The End of History and the Last Man A Macat Analysis of Francis Fukuyamas The End of History and the Last Man. London: Penguin, 2012 When American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man in 1992, Western liberal democracies seemed to have won the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Fukuyama believed liberal democracy had triumphed for a reason. Any political system containing “fundamental contradictions,” he thought, would eventually be replaced by something else. For Fukuyama, communism was such a system. He believed liberal democracy had no such fundamental contradictions, so it would endure, and other forms of government would eventually give way to it. For Fukuyama, democracy marks the end point in the evolution of ideology, and so the “end of history.” There would still be “events,” but not any fundamental change. The book’s argument cannot so far be proven, of course. Although the number of liberal democracies has increased since 1990, they currently face threats Fukuyama had not foreseen in 1992. Yet the book still offers real food for thought for anyone who cares about politics. You can find out about how Fukuyamas ideas have been challenged and applied – and how his work has impacted on thinkers in other academic disciplines – by exploring further in the Macat Library. Macat’s analyses cover 14 different subjects in the humanities and social sciences. To browse our whole multi media library and get a lot , visit www.macat.com today. Macat. Learn better. Think smarter. Aim higher.

A Macat Analysis of Francis Fukuyama s The End of History and the Last Man London Penguin 2012 When American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man in 1992 Western liberal democracies seemed to have won the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union Fukuyama believed liberal democracy had triumphed for a reason Any political system containing fundamental contradictions he thought would eventually be replaced by something else For Fukuyama communism was such a system He believed liberal democracy had no such fundamental contradictions so it would endure and other forms of government would eventually give way to it For Fukuyama democracy marks the end point in the evolution of ideology and so the end of history There would still be events but not any fundamental change The book s argument cannot so far be proven of course Although the number of liberal democracies has increased since 1990 they currently face threats Fukuyama had not foreseen in 1992 Yet the book still offers real food for thought for anyone who cares about politics You can find out about how Fukuyama s ideas have been challenged and applied and how his work has impacted on thinkers in other academic disciplines by exploring further in the Macat Library Macat s analyses cover 14 different subjects in the humanities and social sciences To browse our whole multi media library and get a lot visit www. com today Macat Learn better Think smarter Aim higher A Macat analysis of Francis Fukuyama s The End of History and the Last Man Librarian Note There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this name site_link See this thread for information Librarian Note There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this name site_link See this thread for information site_link I love how simple and objective this book is but it is WAY too repetitive and some things need to be expanded on ex the notes and asterisks. Fukuyama discusses several topics that are briefly mentioned in the book including the end of history and the nature of the last man and the last political system He believes that the US victory over the USSR proved the superiority of Western liberal culture Some thinkers such as Huntington and Gray criticized this view and dubbed it immoral and dangerous and I agree He also believes that the last political system ideal liberal democracy would spread to all other countries in time which would then stop the ebb and flow of societies and cultures and create the last man who would be fully satisfied so much so that he would lose his heart or essence However most if not all of his ideas were adopted from other thinkers He simply put them together and glorified liberal democracy in the process Fukuyama also mentioned the influence of technology and the military among other things The book did not go into much detail about the latter topics which disappointed me deeply but the fact that Fukuyama predicted the dominance of the wealthier states over the weaker states was admirable Moving on Fukuyama did not as Huntington said understand other societies and cultures and was very biased in his theory While the analysis draws a connection between his ideas and 9 11 I believe his ideas were redundant and only served as an excuse for a previously set political agenda Liberal democracy is not perfect This world never will be I am curious to see what other systems will overtake liberal democracy and I can only hope that they will not be worse than what currently is happening A Macat analysis of Francis Fukuyama s The End of History and the Last Man Audio I have heard so much praise for this book that I decided to first listen to an analysis of this heavy book before jumping into it Based on the analysis I will happily skip it I can see that Fukuyama is a very naive altruist believing that the fall of the Soviet Empire proved the infallibility of the liberal democratic capitalistic system over communism socialism and autocracies Despite all the withering recent evidence that liberalism is no guarantee to an eventual solution and conclusion to man s evolution to a higher nirvanic plane I see his book as just wishful thinking and misguided hope And there are many many criticisms of his theories Even now Fukuyama is defending his theories saying that maybe his End of History will take a bit time I ll say a LOT time if ever I did find the analysis a bit skimpy simplistic and repetitive A Macat analysis of Francis Fukuyama s The End of History and the Last Man

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