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The End of History and the Last Man starts with a simple thesis. Fukuyama argues that the failure of communism and the subsequent disappearance of the Soviet Union from the global stage has resulted in the victory of liberal democracy and capitalism. There are no more challengers to these ideologies and, as a result, security and freedom have been achieved. Consequently, he argues, history and the major events that comprise it have ended. Fukuyama takes a philosophical approach to the

Since the "oppressed slave" (the First Man) has no longer anything to strive for at the end of history, he is bereft of the inspirations that sparked monumental works of politic and art. Thus, Kojeve laments (in footnotes to his lectures on Hegel) that the end of history means the end of art and philosophy. Things are perhaps not so grim. Democracy hasn't banished megalothymia and isothymia, even though the framers of the Constitution careFUll.y designed a set of checks and balances so that

The end of history and the last man by Francis Fukuyama. Publication date 1992 Topics History -- Philosophy, World politics -- 1945-Publisher Free Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL) Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2014-02-13 17:45:52.905291

Authors: Francis Fukuyama. Condition : Used - Good. The End of History and The Last Man. Title: The End of History and The Last Man. Publication Date: Jan 1 1992