End of History and the Last ManSimon and Schuster, 1 de mar. de 2006 - 464 páginas Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "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." —The Washington Post Book World 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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... constituted the “end of history.” That is, while earlier forms of government were characterized by grave defects and irrationalities that led to their eventual collapse, liberal democracy was arguably free from such fundamental internal ...
... constituted the “end of history.” That is, while earlier forms of government were characterized by grave defects and irrationalities that led to their eventual collapse, liberal democracy was arguably free from such fundamental internal ...
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... constituted a “contradiction” that engendered further stages of history. Hegel believed that the “contradiction” inherent in the relationship of lordship and bondage was finally overcome as a result of the French and, one would have to ...
... constituted a “contradiction” that engendered further stages of history. Hegel believed that the “contradiction” inherent in the relationship of lordship and bondage was finally overcome as a result of the French and, one would have to ...
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... constituted a coherent whole, whose twists and turns could be understood as leading to the good things of the modern era. In 1880 a certain Robert Mackenzie was able to write: Human history is a record of progress—a record of ...
... constituted a coherent whole, whose twists and turns could be understood as leading to the good things of the modern era. In 1880 a certain Robert Mackenzie was able to write: Human history is a record of progress—a record of ...
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... constituted its own suicide by stipulating that the next Cortes be democratically elected. As in Portugal, the Spanish population as a whole provided the ultimate ground for democracy by supporting a democratic center, first by giving ...
... constituted its own suicide by stipulating that the next Cortes be democratically elected. As in Portugal, the Spanish population as a whole provided the ultimate ground for democracy by supporting a democratic center, first by giving ...
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... constituted 80 percent of China's population, to grow and sell their own food. Agriculture was in effect de-collectivized, and capitalist market relationships began reappearing not only throughout the countryside, but in urban industry ...
... constituted 80 percent of China's population, to grow and sell their own food. Agriculture was in effect de-collectivized, and capitalist market relationships began reappearing not only throughout the countryside, but in urban industry ...
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The Worldwide Liberal Revolution | 39 |
An Idea for a Universal History | 55 |
The Mechanism of Desire | 71 |
No Barbarians at the Gates | 82 |
Accumulation without End | 89 |
The Coldest of All Cold Monsters | 211 |
The Thymotic Origins of Work | 223 |
Empires of Resentment Empires of Deference | 235 |
The Unreality of Realism | 245 |
The Power of the Powerless | 254 |
National Interests | 266 |
Toward a Pacific Union | 276 |
In the Realm of Freedom | 287 |
The Victory of the VCR | 98 |
In the Land of Education | 109 |
The Former Question Answered | 126 |
In the Beginning a Battle to the Death | 143 |
The First Man | 153 |
A Vacation in Bulgaria | 162 |
The Beast with Red Cheeks | 171 |
The Rise and Fall of Thymos | 181 |
Lordship and Bondage | 192 |
The Universal and Homogeneous State | 199 |
Men without Chests | 300 |
Free and Unequal | 313 |
Perfect Rights and Defective Duties | 322 |
Immense Wars of the Spirit | 328 |
The End of History and the Last Man | 341 |
Notes | 355 |
Bibliography | 405 |
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