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The End of History and the Last Man

Francis Fukuyama
1992 · English
Political philosophy · American Hegelian political theory

Fukuyama's 1992 controversial post-Cold-War political philosophy — the "end of history" in liberal democracy

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Attribute The End of History and the Last Man (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The End of History and the Last Man

The historical time of ideological evolution.

Space

The End of History and the Last Man

The geopolitical space of liberal democracy.

Matter

The End of History and the Last Man

The embodied citizen of liberal democracy.

Observer

The End of History and the Last Man

The "Last Man" of universal recognition.

Energy

The End of History and the Last Man

Energies of thymos and recognition.

Information

The End of History and the Last Man

Hegelian-Kojèvian political-philosophical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The End of History and the Last Man

Fukuyama's thesis controversial from the outset and revised by him in later works.