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The End of History and the Last Man

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Awesome . . . a landmark . . . profoundly realistic and important . . . supremely timely and cogent

Clever, important, teeming with original ideas

We are indebted to Fukuyama for such an ambitious work of political philosophy

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists, populists and pandemics as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.

A LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. A GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY. 
 
 With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. And with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty. 
 
 The End of History and the Last Man was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century would look like. Boldly outlining the challenges and problems to face modern liberal democracies, Francis Fukuyama examined what had just happened and predicted what was coming next. 
 
 Now updated with a new afterword, Fukuyama shows how the central issue today remains the same. Have any political and economic models arisen that could challenge liberal democracy as the best way of organizing human societies? He remains unconvinced. 
 
 Tackling religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes and war, The End of History and the Last Man is as compelling today as it was when it was written - and just as provocative too. 
 
'Awesome . . . a landmark . . . profoundly realistic and important . . . supremely timely and cogent' Washington Post 
 
 'Clearly written, immensely ambitious' New York Times 
 
 'Clever, important, teeming with original ideas' Mail on Sunday 
 
 'We are indebted to Fukuyama for such an ambitious work of political philosophy' Foreign Affairs

Francis Fukuyama is the internationally bestselling author of 11 books, including the modern classic, The End of History and the Last Man. He is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford.

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