francis fukuyama described the worldwide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history.
francis fukuyama described the worldwide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history.
who described the worldwide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history?
francis fukuyama
the end of history and the last man is a 1992 book by francis fukuyama, expanding on his 1989 essay "the end of history?", published in the international affairs journal "the national interest". in the book, fukuyama argues that, following the ascendency of western-style liberal democracy following the cold war and the collapse of the soviet union, humanity was reaching "not just ... the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government".
the end of history and the last man
reforms and revolutions helped move most european countries towards liberal democracy. liberalism ceased being a fringe opinion and joined the political mainstream. at the same time, a number of non-liberal ideologies developed that took the concept of liberal democracy and made it their own. the political spectrum changed; traditional monarchy became more and more a fringe view and liberal democracy became more and more mainstream. by the end of the 19th century, liberal democracy was no longer only a "liberal" idea, but an idea supported by many different ideologies. after world war i and especially after world war ii, liberal democracy achieved a dominant position among theories of government and is now endorsed by the vast majority of the political spectrum.
liberal democracy