Which one of the following is not a factor, for Fukuyama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy ?
In The End of History and the Last Man (1992), Francis Fukuyama argued that the triumph of liberal democracy rests on two twin pillars—the logic of modern natural science’s…
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Which one of the following is not a factor, for Fukuyama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy ?
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In The End of History and the Last Man (1992), Francis Fukuyama argued that the triumph of liberal democracy rests on two twin pillars—the logic of modern natural science’s mastery over nature (driving capitalist economic development) and the Hegelian thymotic struggle for ‘recognition’—which resolve fundamental ideological contradictions. He explicitly argued that liberal democracy triumphed first in the realm of consciousness and ideology rather than merely economics, making the fourth statement incorrect.
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