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About the Book
A landmark New York Times bestseller and one of the most influential works of political thought of the modern era.
First published in 1992, Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man made a provocative argument: that liberal democracy might represent the culmination of humanity’s long political evolution. In the decades since, that idea has been challenged, debated, and reconsidered as authoritarianism, nationalism, war, and political instability have continued to reshape the global order.
Ambitious, influential, and still fiercely debated, The End of History and the Last Man remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping democracy and the future of political life. Now updated with a new afterword.
First published in 1992, Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man made a provocative argument: that liberal democracy might represent the culmination of humanity’s long political evolution. In the decades since, that idea has been challenged, debated, and reconsidered as authoritarianism, nationalism, war, and political instability have continued to reshape the global order.
Ambitious, influential, and still fiercely debated, The End of History and the Last Man remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping democracy and the future of political life. Now updated with a new afterword.
About the Author
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Francis Fukuyama is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, and Mosbacher DIrector of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Dr. Fukuyama has written about questions concerning governance, democratization, and international political economy. His book The End of History and the Last Man has appeared in over twenty foreign editions. His most recent books are The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, and Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy.
Product Details
- Publisher: Free Press (March 1, 2006)
- Length: 464 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743284554
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Raves and Reviews
Very few books in politics are as insightful or as important for understanding where liberal democracy went wrong.
– Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show
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
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