End of History and the Last ManSimon and Schuster, 2006 M03 1 - 464 pages Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "Profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world." —The Washington Post Book World Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists 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. |
Contents
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The Weakness of Strong States I | 13 |
The Weakness of Strong States II | 23 |
The Worldwide Liberal Revolution | 39 |
An Idea for a Universal History | 55 |
The Mechanism of Desire | 71 |
No Barbarians at the Gates | 82 |
Accumulation without End | 89 |
The Coldest of All Cold Monsters | 211 |
The Thymotic Origins of Work | 223 |
Empires of Resentment Empires of Deference | 235 |
The Unreality of Realism | 245 |
The Power of the Powerless | 254 |
National Interests | 266 |
Toward a Pacific Union | 276 |
In the Realm of Freedom | 287 |
The Victory of the VCR | 98 |
In the Land of Education | 109 |
The Former Question Answered | 126 |
In the Beginning a Battle to the Death | 143 |
The First Man | 153 |
A Vacation in Bulgaria | 162 |
The Beast with Red Cheeks | 171 |
The Rise and Fall of Thymos | 181 |
Lordship and Bondage | 192 |
The Universal and Homogeneous State | 199 |
Men without Chests | 300 |
Free and Unequal | 313 |
Perfect Rights and Defective Duties | 322 |
Immense Wars of the Spirit | 328 |
The End of History and the Last Man | 341 |
Notes | 355 |
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