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The End of History and the Last Man
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The book, The End of History and the Last Man, was criticized for implying that history would no longer happen, but the idea of a dialectical view of history originates with Hegel and simply means that history has a narrative arc. However, some use philosophy's abstraction to hide their inability to accurately describe the world.
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The realm of political philosophy can provide a lot of abstraction that allows individuals to hide the fact that they are unable to accurately describe the world.
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The realm of political philosophy can provide a lot of abstraction that allows individuals to hide the fact that they are unable to accurately describe the world. However, this type of thinking is not useful in accurately examining the political landscape.
ChapterThe End of History and the Last Man
EpisodeThe End of History
PodcastIf Books Could Kill
This episode elaborates on Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, and discusses how he believed Western liberal democracy had become the final stage of human governance.
03:31 - 05:44 (02:13)
Summary
This episode elaborates on Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, and discusses how he believed Western liberal democracy had become the final stage of human governance.