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| Author | Francis Fukuyama |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Free Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
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| Pages | 418 |
| ISBN | 978-0-02-910975-5 |
| Followed by | Trust |
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."
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]
- ^ Glaser, Eliane (March 21, 2014). "Bring Back Ideology: Fukuyama's 'End of History' 25 years On". The Guardian.
- ^ Fukuyama, Francis (1989). "The End of History?". The National Interest (16): 3–18. ISSN 0884-9382. JSTOR 24027184. |access-date =February 21, 2024
- ^ Fukuyama, Francis (Summer 1989). "The End of History?" (PDF). pages.ucsd.edu. The National Interest. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
Fukuyama's essay "The End of History"