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In 1989, The National Interest published ``The End of History?'' by Fukuyama, then a senior official at the State Department. In that comparatively short but extremely controversial article, Fukuyama speculated that liberal democracy may constitute the ``end point of mankind's ideological evolution'' and hence the ``final form of human government.'' Now Fukuyama has produced a brilliant book that, its title notwithstanding, takes an almost entirely new tack. To begin with, he examines the problem of whether it makes sense to posit a coherent and directional history that would lead the greater part of humanity to liberal democracy. Having answered in the affirmative, he assesses the regulatory effect of modern natural science, a societal activity consensually deemed cumulative as well as directional in its impact. Turning next to a ``second, parallel account of the historical process,'' Fukuyama considers humanity's struggle for recognition, a concept articulated and borrowed (from Plato) by Hegel. In this context, he goes on to reinterpret culture, ethical codes, labor, nationalism, religion, war, and allied phenomena from the past, projecting ways in which the desire for acknowledgement could become manifest in the future. Eventually, the author addresses history's presumptive end and the so-called ``last man,'' an unheroic construct (drawn from Tocqueville and Nietzsche) who has traded prideful belief in individual worth for the civilized comforts of self-preservation. Assuming the prosperity promised by contemporary liberal democracy indeed come to pass, Fukuyama wonders whether or how the side of human personality that thrives on competition, danger, and risk can be fulfilled in the sterile ambiance of a brave new world. At the end, the author leaves tantalizingly open the matter of whether mankind's historical journey is approaching a close or another beginning; he even alludes to the likelihood that time travelers may well strike out in directions yet undreamt. An important work that affords significant returns on the investments of time and attention required to get the most from its elegantly structured theme. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Fukuyama, then deputy director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, first presented this thesis in the foreign policy journal National Interest (Summer 1989), where it attracted worldwide attention. He argues that there is a positive direction to current history, demonstrated by the collapse of authoritarian regimes of right and left and their replacement (in many but not all cases) by liberal governments. "A true global culture has emerged, centering around technologically driven economic growth and the capitalist social relations necessary to produce and sustain it." In the absence of viable alternatives to liberalism, history, conceived of as the clash of political ideologies, is at an end. We face instead the question of how to forge a rational global order that can accommodate humanity's restless desire for recognition without a return to chaos. Fukuyama's views conveniently present the international politics of the present administration. History disappears very early on in the narrative, to be replaced by abstract philosophy. This essay made into a book is pretentious and overblown, though it offers some grounds for speculation. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/91.
- David Keymer, SUNY Inst. of Technology, Utica
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- David Keymer, SUNY Inst. of Technology, Utica
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Fukuyama's far fetched and frankly irrelevant theories bore me, I'm afraid to say. This was the book that introduced me to that way of thinking - it's basically written by a wealthy American academic (who has spent most of his life employed by the US government), claiming that the American capitalist system has conquered all political alternatives, surpassing even that of democracy and especially that of communism. Capitalism is, for Fukuyama, the end of the evolution of man and the start of an eternal status quo. This idea is laughable in concept and is further ridiculed by his over-selective choice of material which is already outdated. Clearly it is his ideal world - but I not sure that everyone shares it and even less sure that we have reached it.
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Fukuyama's book is very well written, easy to read and fun. In the end, however, the fundamental premise is unbelievable, and the facts he presents do not appear to support the conclusion. His argument that liberal democracy will win out is based on history since about 1970. Extrapolating a grand historical drama from 20 or 30 years worth of data is unconvincing.
I have also read Huntington's book, "The Clash of Civilizations," against which Fukuyama is frequently compared. Huntington is nowhere near as well written, and while his fundamental premise is more plausible, the data he presents is equally suspect. The major difference between the two books is the authors' attitudes toward western civilization: Huntington claims that it is declining, while Fukuyama asserts it is marching toward inexorable victory. Leaving aside grand philosophical questions about the scope of history, I think Fukuyama is closer to the truth on this issue.
I recommend reading "The End of History." Just don't take it too seriously.
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It takes several hundred pages for Fukuyama to build some kind of pseudo-philosophical model on the course of history and then essentially refute his own thesis in the last paragraph of the book. I can't believe I wasted the time it took to read this book. It's only value is to showcase the arrogance of Western (mainly American, i.e. George Will and his ilk) conservatives who believe that the entire world should adopt the liberal democratic political model. Fukuyama makes a number of questionable claims about global politics and the state of democracy in the world, and the book is too full of contradictions to list here. If you must read this book, then simply read the introducton, since he makes all his main arguments there, and then skip to the last few paragraphs where, as I mentioned, he contradicts his own thesis. Readers would be better off reading the actual works of Hegel, Nietzche, etc. than Fukuyama's sloppy re-hashing and "development" of their ideas.
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rethink the development of historical stream
i have read the THE END OF HISTORY AND THE LAST MAN in chinese version,which enlighten us to rethink the Hegel,marxism,and the democracy.
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juli 2000 von LAM WUN SUM
Irrelevant work with amazing staying power
It's really hard to top that priceless review below, but I'll give it a shot. It's really amazing that after about seven years of hindsight, people are still writing rave reviews... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Mai 2000 von Edward Bosnar
The Corporate Lovesong of J. Francis Fukuyama
Fukuyama, your book's incandescent
With male fantasies adolescent.
If your thoughts are profound,
So is Bugbear, my hound--
I think Hegel would find it putrescent. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Mai 2000 von S. Dougherty
In search of a grand narrative
Doubtless, this book received so much media attention because it was a gullible attempt at turning liberal democracy into a philosophy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Februar 2000 von smahadin@hotmail.com
Fragmentary Pieces Number One, a poem
London Bridge, the sky is falling, and Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall.
H. D. came from Bethlehem.
And so did Jesus. And they took Him down from the cross. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Dezember 1999 von "tomrex"
Fragmentary Pieces Number One
London Bridge, the sky is falling, and Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall.
H. D. came from Bethlehem.
And so did Jesus. And they took Him down from the cross. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Dezember 1999 von "tomrex"
A must-read even for the lay public
This book deeply impressed me. Before I started reading it, I was skeptical concerning the author's views. But after completing it I can only nod my head in full agreement. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. August 1999 von Todd Winer
An excellent in-depth analysis of modern geopolitical realit
The End Of History And The Last Man, by Francis Fukuyama: A Review
It is seldom that one comes across a book which can hold us spellbound from beginning to end. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Mai 1999 von Ernesto Yattah (eyattah@hotmail.com)
George Ilic
I read End of History for the first time in 1992. I picked the book up once again when the War in Yugoslavia started again in March 1999. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. März 1999 veröffentlicht
sophisticated analysis of post-cold war world
Fukuyama's The End of History is one of the major answers of liberal internationalism to the crumbled doctrines of marxism-leninism, which had finally been defeated. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. März 1999 von W.T. Oosterveld
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