Liberal Democracy as the End of History by Christopher Hughes - 9781032925776

Liberal Democracy as the End of HistoryFukuyama and Postmodern Challenges\nAuthor(s): Christopher Hughes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032925776, 978-1032925776\nSynopsis\nFrancis Fukuyama claims that liberal democracy is the end of history. This book provides a theoretical re-examination of this claim through postmodernist ideas.\n\nThe book argues that postmodern ideas provide a valuable critique to Fukuyamas thesis, and poses the questions: can we talk about a universal and teleological history; a universal human nature; or an autonomous individual? It addresses whether postmodern theories - concerning the movement of time, what it means to be human, and what it means to be an individual/subject - can be accommodated within a theory of a history that ends in liberal democracy.\n\nThe author argues that incorporating elements of postmodern thought into Fukuyamas theory makes it possible to produce a stronge.