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End of History: In his book "The End of History and the Last Man," Francis Fukuyama argues that the end of history is the universalization of Western liberal democracy. Fukuyama argues that the end of history is not the end of change, but rather the end of ideological struggle. See also History, Historiography, Universal history, World history, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ivan Krastev on End of History - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 79 End of history/Krastev: Life after the end of history has stopped being a 'sad time' characterized by 'bourgeois ennui' and has begun to resemble the iconic Hall of Mirrors scene in Orson Welles' 1947 classic The Lady from Shanghai, a world of shared paranoia and escalating aggression. >End of history/Policy of Germany, >End of history/Fukuyama._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |