The End of History and the Last Man Reissue Edition

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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.

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"Awesome...a landmark...profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world."

-- George Gilder, The Washington Post Book World

"Bold, lucid, scandalously brilliant. Until now, the triumph of the West was merely a fact. Fukuyama has given it a deep and highly original meaning."

-- Charles Krauthammer

"Clearly written...Immensely ambitious...A tightly argued work of political philosophy...Fukuyama deserves to have his argument taken seriously."

-- William H. McNeill, The New York Times Book Review

"Provocative and elegant...Complex and interesting...Fukuyama is to be applauded for posing important questions in serious and stimulating ways."

-- Ronald Steel, USA Today

"Extraordinary...Controversial...A superb book. Whether or not one accepts his thesis, he has injected serious political philosophy into the discussion of political affairs and thereby significantly enriched it."

-- Mackubin Thomas Owens, The Washington Times

Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Free Press; Reissue edition (March 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743284550
ISBN-13: 978-0743284554
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.4 inches
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Joaco

A very interesting albeit onsided essay on the prevalence of the liberal democratic state .

July 5, 2018

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Francias Fukuyama presents a more than contemporary topic with the catchy title of the "End of History and the Last Man" .
Obviously there is no such end of history provided the World does not enter a nuclear war but from philosophical point view , has liberal democracy through scientific progress and a capitalist economic system full filled the ethos of all human beings ? Does it warrant the recognition each an every individual strives for throughout his life as Hegel proposes in his Dialectic of the Master & Slave ?
Of course the answer is complex and not at all simple neither for the author nor for the reader , who more than one time can feel it's entered a loop in the development of the main idea . However , quite masterfully one is guided through a journey of more than 2000 years of Western thinking. From Plato and the Republic to Hegel and Kojève .
Are there negative points ? Of course : Fukuyama seems to be quite virulent against Communism despite claiming it would end sooner than later .Also , he shows almost no respect when referring to third world countries , as deserving of their fate for not embracing hole-heartedly American republicanism and economic policies .
All in all a good reading but somehow outdated .

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This is the book you must have read. The ...

March 11, 2016

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This is the book you must have read. The ideas are seminal. History may, in fact, have continued. Fukayama's ideas may, in fact, have proven wrong. Liberal democracy appears to be on the ropes at this writing. That does not detract from the value of what he wrote, and the lucidity of his presentation.

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Will Phillips

Corrupted Algerian Youth HATE this book!

September 4, 2018

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I got this for my young Algerian friend before he started his semester studying philosophy at a prestigious francophone school! Pretty soon after a rough time at school he started talking about Marxism and ghosts, and when I asked him what I thought about this book he said:
"For it must be cried out, at a time when some have the audacity to neo-evangelize in the name of the ideal of a liberal democracy that has finally realized itself as the ideal of human history: never have violence, inequality, exclusion, famine, and thus economic oppression affected as many human beings in the history of the earth and of humanity. Instead of singing the advent of the ideal of liberal democracy and of the capitalist market in the euphoria of the end of history, instead of celebrating the ‘end of ideologies’ and the end of the great emancipatory discourses, let us never neglect this obvious macroscopic fact, made up of innumerable singular sites of suffering: no degree of progress allows one to ignore that never before, in absolute figures, have so many men, women and children been subjugated, starved or exterminated on the earth."
I dont think he liked it, but that may have been because of the neomarxist postmodernist indoctrination those professors gave him! Overall 3 stars!

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B. Jason

Well articulated discussion of liberal democracy

April 19, 2015

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A well presented argument for why one can consider liberal democracy the end of history that is directional.

However, I found it difficult to believe the argument for the directionality of history, based mainly on appeal to scientific method and technological advancement. The argument as to why liberal economies result in liberal democracies was even less convincing.

Having said this it is a very interesting read that opens up many different avenues to explore. Indeed if, like me, you are not educated in social or political philosophy this is a great introduction to some of the great challenges of society today and to several of the great contributors to the underlying ideas of Anglo Saxon liberal democracy.

An excellent book.

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Safronov

I wish I've read this book before.

May 1, 2017

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A deep an interesting analysis, which is still relevant after 25 years. All the processes marked in the book are still happening in front out own eyes.

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Keith B

Good analysis and worth reading

October 3, 2017

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Fukuyama makes a good case on the success of capitalism and liberal democracy to understand economic growth and political freedom in global modern history.

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Reid W. Wyatt

Finally - Hegel can now be understood!

June 12, 2007

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I normally dont get down with political philosophy books, but this one really explores some serious ideas while putting them in the context of history. Fukuyama bases almost all of his ideology off of Hegel and Kojeve, a modern Hegel scholar from Czech Republic. I love history yet have found Hegel incomprehensible and too dense to even consider buying one of his tomes - for people who are interested in history or the idea of dialectics, read this book. Fukuyama explains Hegel while placing him in the context of liberal democratic government - Fukuyama follows Kojeve's assertion that this is the end of history because there are no serious competitors to liberal democracy. The fall of communism and the subsequent unveiling of information on the corruption and violence that those regimes inflicted on their own people has led to a more or less universal acceptance of democracy as the preferred form of government. Fukuyama and Kojeve believe that democracy best satisfies man's "desire for recognition" - which leads to man's stupid ideas - mainly war, envy, etc. These aggressive tendencies of man are what cause history and the end of history has been brought about by the acceptance of the governmental form (liberal democracy) which best allows all men the opportunity for recognition. Seriously, this is an insightful, true book full of great intellectual ideas.

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