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October 5, 2023 | History

The End of History and the Last Man

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Observing totalitarian and authoritarian governments falling around the world, Fukuyama develops an hypothesis that the end state of all this change will be liberal democracy everywhere (The End of History), and considers how people will react (The Last Man).

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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
432

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Cover of: The End of History and the Last Man
The End of History and the Last Man
February 28, 2006, Free Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: The end of history and the last man
The end of history and the last man
2002, HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: Das Ende der Geschichte
Das Ende der Geschichte: wo stehen wir?
1992, Kindler
in German
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The end of history and the last man
1992, Free Press, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International
in English

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First Sentence

"The twentieth century, it is safe to say, has made all of us into deep historical pessimists."

Table of Contents

Contents Page vii
Acknowledgments Page ix
By Way of an Introduction Page xi
I. An Old Question Asked Anew
1. Our Pessimism Page 3 2. The Weakness of Strong States I Page 13 3. The weakness of Strong States II, or, Eating Pineapples on the Moon Page 23 4. The Worldwide Liberal Revolution Page 39
II. The Old Age of Mankind
5. An Idea for a Universal History Page 55 6. The Mechanism of Desire Page 71 7. No Barbarians at the Gates Page 82 8. Accumulation without End Page 89 9. The Victory of the VCR Page 98 10. In the Land of Education Page 109 11. The Former Question Answered Page 129 12. No Democracy without Democrats Page 131
III. The Struggle for Recognition
13. In the Beginning, a Battle to the Death for Pure Prestige Page 143 14. The First Man Page 153 15. A Vacation in Bulgaria Page 162 16. The Beast with Red Cheeks Page 171 17. The Rise and Fall of Thymos Page 181 18. Lordship and Bondage3 Page 192 19. The Universal and Homogeneous State Page 199
IV. Leaping Over Rhodes
20. The Coldest of All Cold Monsters Page 211 21. The Thymotic Origins of Work Page 223 22. Empires of Resentment, Empires of Deference Page 235 23. The Unreality of “Realism” Page 245 24. The Power of the Powerless Page 254 25. National Interests Page 266 26. Toward a Pacific Union Page 276
V. The Last Man
27. In the Realm of Freedom Page 287 28. Men Without Chests Page 300 29. Free and Unequal Page 313 30. Perfect Rights and Defective Duties Page 322 31. Immense Wars of the Spirit Page 328 Afterword to the Second Paperback Edition of The End of History and the Last Man Page 341 Notes Page 355 Bibliography Page 405 Index Page 417

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2006

Classifications

Library of Congress
D16.8 .F85 2006, D16.8.F85 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
432
Dimensions
8.3 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7948702M
Internet Archive
endofhistoryth00fuku
ISBN 10
0743284550
ISBN 13
9780743284554
LCCN
2006274504
OCLC/WorldCat
67405735
Library Thing
5328305
Goodreads
57981

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