The End of History
'Three years ago an article
entitled "The End of History?" ... sparked off an explosive debate about the
future of the world in the post-Cold War era. In this book Fukuyama expands on his
original themes to address some fundamental and far-reaching questions' - Malise Ruthven
in the Guardian
'Francis Fukuyama contends
that History, with its capital letter, is over ... Why? Because the winner is clear:
liberalism and markets ... There is much to grumble about in Fukuyama's book, but it has a
most respectable base in history and a good framework in philosophy ... I do not really
believe in its End of History ... but Fukuyama makes me thinky; and I am grateful for that
experience, rare in Legoland' Norman Stone in the Sunday Times
'With clarity and an
astonishing sweep of reflection and imagination ... Fukuyama tells us where we were, where
we are, and most important, speculates about where we will likely be' Allan
Bloom, author of The Closing of the American Mind
'Fukuyama's claims, and his
book, merit close attention ... His writing is bold and clear and it captures the
prevailing spirit of our times' Steven Lukes in the New Statesman Sy Society
'Arms Western political
thought with new fundamental theoretical arguments to reinforce its practical actions'
Eduard Shevardnadze
'In the mastery and scope of
its case, The End of History and the Last Man may be seen as the first book of the
post-Marxist millennium - the first work fully to fathom the depth and range of the
changes now sweeping through the world' George Gilder in the Washington Post
The cover shows the Muse of.
History, a detail from Parnassus by Raphael in the Stanza delia Segnatura, Vatican, Rome
(photo: Scaia)
416 pages