scholarly journals Mentiras adecuadas: veinte años después del fin de la Historia / Appropriate Lies: Twenty Years after the End of History

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-22
Author(s):  
José Carlos Bermejo Barrera
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
End Of History ◽  
The North ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
The End Of History

El presente artículo revisa la famosa tesis del “fin de la historia” lanzada por el politólogo norteamericano Francis Fukuyama a finales de los años ochenta del siglo XX. A través de dicho análisis, que se inspira en los recientes estudios sobre teoría de la narración histórica, así como en un conocimiento genuino de la filosofía hegeliana, su autor llega a la siguiente conclusión: la idea del “fin de la historia” del escritor norteamericano no puede ser considerada ni como un “descubrimiento científico”, como aseguraron en su momento las campañas mediáticas, ni tampoco como un enunciado verdadero como podría suponer una epistemología ingenua y “apolítica”; debe ser vista más bien como un relato “adecuado”, o incluso como una “mentira adecuada” en defensa de unos intereses políticos. De hecho, la afirmación de que la unión de libre mercado, democracia parlamentaria y tecno-ciencia habría traído el “fin de la historia”, e inaugurado una nueva etapa de la historia universal, ha sido completamente desmentida en las últimas décadas por las vicisitudes y el papel de países como China, los Estados Unidos, o por la propia evolución del capitalismo.Palabras claveHistoria universal, enunciados performativos, temporalidad, relato histórico, filosofía. AbstractThis article reviews the famous thesis of the “end of history” launched by the NorthAmerican political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, at the end of the nineties eighties. Through this analysis, inspired in the recent studies on the theory of historical narrative, as well as in a thorough knowledge of Hegelian philosophy, the author of the article comes to this conclusion: the idea of the “end of history” of the North-American writer by no means can be considered as a “scientific discovery”, as media campaigns then assured, nor can it be seen  as  a  true  assessment  or  true  account, as an ingenuous apolitical epistemology would suppose: it must be regarded as a “fit” story, or even as an “appropriate lie” in defence of some political interests. In fact, the idea that the combination of free market, parliamentary democracy and techno-science would have brought about the “end of history”, giving pass to a new period in the universal history, has been utterly refuted by the events and the role that countries such as China and the United States has been performing, or by the current evolution of capitalism.Key wordsUniversal history, performative utterances, temporality, historical account, philosophy

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nataliia Perepelytsia
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Functional Method ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
End Of History ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
Political Views ◽  
System Method ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
American Political Scientist

American political scientist, philosopher, political economist Francis Fukuyama became known in the late twentieth century for his geopolitical theory of the end of history. Fukuyama still adheres to the «end of history» concept. However, some of his political views have undergone significant changes. The main purpose is to analyze what led to the formation of geopolitical views of Francis Fukuyama, to trace the content of his geopolitical concept, to find out the theoretical component of this concept. The goal is also to track the change in Francis Fukuyama’s views, namely his departure from neo-conservatism, which has resonated in political circles in recent years. The following methods were used in the article: structural-functional method, institutional method, comparative method and system method. The article shed light on the concept that sought to envision the development of the post-World War II world, which recognized the West’s superiority to other countries and the total spread of liberal democracy, its essence and basic tenets. It has also been found that Francis Fukuyama’s geopolitical views have evolved and changed over the course of twenty years. In the course of the evolution of his views, Fukuyama abandoned the idea of the spread of democracy and state-building, of Western unilateralism; changed the emphasis on the causes of the inevitability of the «end of history»; reviewed the interconnection of economics, politics and culture.

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nataliia Perepelytsia
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Functional Method ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
End Of History ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
Political Views ◽  
System Method ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
American Political Scientist

American political scientist, philosopher, political economist Francis Fukuyama became known in the late twentieth century for his geopolitical theory of the end of history. Fukuyama still adheres to the «end of history» concept. However, some of his political views have undergone significant changes. The main purpose is to analyze what led to the formation of geopolitical views of Francis Fukuyama, to trace the content of his geopolitical concept, to find out the theoretical component of this concept. The goal is also to track the change in Francis Fukuyama’s views, namely his departure from neo-conservatism, which has resonated in political circles in recent years. The following methods were used in the article: structural-functional method, institutional method, comparative method and system method. The article shed light on the concept that sought to envision the development of the post-World War II world, which recognized the West’s superiority to other countries and the total spread of liberal democracy, its essence and basic tenets. It has also been found that Francis Fukuyama’s geopolitical views have evolved and changed over the course of twenty years. In the course of the evolution of his views, Fukuyama abandoned the idea of the spread of democracy and state-building, of Western unilateralism; changed the emphasis on the causes of the inevitability of the «end of history»; reviewed the interconnection of economics, politics and culture.

scholarly journals Membangun Dialog Peradaban

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Zaprulkhan Zaprulkhan
Keyword(s):  
National Interest ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Clash Of Civilizations ◽  
The West ◽  
End Of History ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
Ibn Rushd ◽  
The World ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
Clash Of Civilisations

Abstract: In 1989 Francis Fukuyama with his article The End of History? In the journal The National Interest revolves a speculative thesis that after the West conquered its ideological rival, hereditary monarchy, fascism and communism, the constellation of the world of international politics reached a remarkable consensus to liberal democracy. A few years later, Samuel P. Huntington came up with a more provocative thesis that ideological-based war would be a civilization-based war in his article, The Clash of Civilizations? In the journal Foreign Affairs. It reveals that in the future the world will be shaped by interactions among the seven or eight major civilizations of Western civilization: Confucius, Japan, Islam, Hinduism, Orthodox Slavs, Latin America and possibly Africa. Huntington directed the West to pay particular attention to Islam, for Islam is the only civilization with great potential to shake Western civilization. Departing from the above hypotheses, this paper will specifically discuss the bias of Fukuyama and Huntington's thesis on Islam, and how its solution to build a dialogue of civilization by taking the paradigm of dialogue from Ibn Rushd and Raghib As-Sirjani. Abstrak: Pada tahun 1989 Francis Fukuyama dengan artikelnya The End of History? Dalam jurnal The National Interest revolusioner tesis spekulatif bahwa setelah Barat telah menaklukkan lawan-lawan ideologisnya, monarki herediter, fasisme dan komunisme, konstelasi politik internasional mencapai konsensus yang luar biasa untuk demokrasi liberal. Beberapa tahun kemudian, Samuel P. Huntington muncul dengan tesis yang lebih provokatif bahwa perang berbasis ideologis akan menjadi perang berbasis peradaban dalam artikelnya, The Clash of Civilisations? Dalam jurnal Luar Negeri. Ini mengungkapkan bahwa di masa depan akan dibentuk oleh interaksi antara tujuh atau delapan peradaban utama peradaban Barat: Konfusius, Jepang, Islam, Hindu, Slavia Ortodoks, Amerika Latin dan mungkin Afrika. Perhatian Huntington pada Islam adalah potensi terpenting untuk mengguncang peradaban Barat. Berangkat dari hipotesis di atas, makalah ini akan secara khusus membahas bias tesis Fukuyama dan Huntington tentang Islam, dan bagaimana mereka akan mengambil paradigma dialog dari Ibn Rushd dan Raghib As-Sirjani.

scholarly journals Thirty Years after The End of History? EAFIT Lecture

Co-herencia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (34) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Francis Fukuyama
Keyword(s):  
National Interest ◽  
The State ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Global Democracy ◽  
End Of History ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
The End Of History

Hello, my name is Francis Fukuyama and I am delighted to be able to participate in this symposium at EAFIT, on The End of History? I am a Senior fellow at Stanford University and in the summer of 1989, I published an article in the journal The National Interest titled The End of History? 30 years have passed since the publication of this article and this was a good opportunity to reflect on what has happened to the state of global democracy and global politics in those three decades.

scholarly journals The Great Battle of the Books between the Cultural Evolutionists and the Cultural Relativists: From the Beginning of Infinity to the End of History

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-30
Author(s):  
Kevin Fernlund ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Human History ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
End Of History ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
History Of ◽  
The End Of History

The idea that societies or cultures can evolve and, therefore, can be compared and graded has been central to modern history, in general, and to big history, in particular, which seeks to unite natural and human history; biology and culture. However, while extremely useful, this notion is not without significant moral and ethical challenges, which has been noted by scholars. This article is a short intellectual history of the idea of cultural evolution and its critics, the cultural relativists, from the Age of the Enlightenment, what David Deutsch called the “beginning of infinity,” to the neo-Hegelianism of Francis Fukuyama. The emphasis here is on Europe and the Americas and the argument is that the universal evolutionism of the Enlightenment ultimately prevailed over historical partic-ularism, as global disparities in social development, which were once profound, narrowed or even disappeared altogether.

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