Liberal Democracy as the End of History - Fukuyama and Postmodern Challenges

Francis Fukuyama claims that liberal democracy is the end of history. This text provides a theoretical re-examination of this claim through postmodernist ideas.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Methodology – An Approach to Philosophical Analysis 2. Fukuyama I – The Concept of a History with Universal Direction and End Point 3. Fukuyama II – Why does History end in Liberal Democracy? 4. Postmodern Perspectives on the Flow of Time 5. Questioning the Universality of Human Nature – A Politics without a Concept of the "Human" 6. The Myth of the Individual – How "I" is Constructed and Gives an Account of Itself 7. A Theory of a History which Ends in Liberal Democracy Through a Reading of Fukuyama and Postmodernism Postscript: Limitations and Outcomes of The Study Bibliography

About the author

Chris Hughes currently teaches at the University of Liverpool and the University of Manchester, UK.

Summary

Francis Fukuyama claims that liberal democracy is the end of history. This text provides a theoretical re-examination of this claim through postmodernist ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hughes, Hughes Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032925776
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92577-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies and movements