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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... future will contain bad news with respect to the health and security of decent, liberal, democratic political practices that we have problems recognizing good news when it comes. And yet, good news has come. The most remarkable ...
... future will contain bad news with respect to the health and security of decent, liberal, democratic political practices that we have problems recognizing good news when it comes. And yet, good news has come. The most remarkable ...
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... future some of the different ways that the desire for recognition will be manifest. A religious believer, for example, seeks recognition for his particular gods or sacred practices, while a nationalist demands recognition for his ...
... future some of the different ways that the desire for recognition will be manifest. A religious believer, for example, seeks recognition for his particular gods or sacred practices, while a nationalist demands recognition for his ...
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... future of liberal democracy, and the alternatives to it that may one day arise, depend above all on the answer to this question. In Part V we sketch two broad responses, from the Left and the Right, respectively. The Left would say that ...
... future of liberal democracy, and the alternatives to it that may one day arise, depend above all on the answer to this question. In Part V we sketch two broad responses, from the Left and the Right, respectively. The Left would say that ...
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... future survival depend, to some extent, on the degree to which their citizens seek to be recognized not just as equal, but as superior to others? And might not the fear of becoming contemptible “last men” not lead men to assert ...
... future survival depend, to some extent, on the degree to which their citizens seek to be recognized not just as equal, but as superior to others? And might not the fear of becoming contemptible “last men” not lead men to assert ...
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... future. But when we come to larger questions, such as whether there has been or will be progress in history, the verdict is decidedly different. The soberest and most thoughtful minds of this century have seen no reason to think that ...
... future. But when we come to larger questions, such as whether there has been or will be progress in history, the verdict is decidedly different. The soberest and most thoughtful minds of this century have seen no reason to think that ...
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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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