The man who declared the end of history fears for democracys future
February 10, 2017 09:48
Francis Fukuyama, an acclaimed American political philosopher, entered the global imagination at the end of the Cold War when he prophesied the "end of history" -- a belief that, after the fall of communism, free-market liberal democracy had won out and would become the world's "final form of human government."
Now, at a moment when liberal democracy seems to be in crisis across the West, Fukuyama, too, wonders about its future.
"Twenty five years ago, I didn't have a sense or a theory about how democracies can go backward," said Fukuyama in a phone interview. "And I think they clearly can." Read more
Now, at a moment when liberal democracy seems to be in crisis across the West, Fukuyama, too, wonders about its future.
"Twenty five years ago, I didn't have a sense or a theory about how democracies can go backward," said Fukuyama in a phone interview. "And I think they clearly can." Read more
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