The End of History and the Last Man (The Macat Library), Jackson, Xid..

Name: The End of History and the Last Man (The Macat Library), Jackson, Xid..
Brand: Macat Library

Macat Library

An Analysis of Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last ManAuthor(s): Ian Jackson, Jason Xidias\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Macat International Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Macat International Limited\nISBN-13: 9781912303250, 978-1912303250\nSynopsis\nFrancis Fukuyamas controversial 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man demonstrates an important aspect of creative thinking: the ability to generate hypotheses and create novel explanations for evidence. \n\nIn the case of Fukuyamas work, the central hypothesis and explanation he put forward were not, in fact, new, but they were novel in the academic and historical context of the time. Fukuyamas central argument was that the end of the Cold War was a symptom of, and a vital waypoint in, a teleological progression of history. \n\nInterpreting history as teleological is to say that it is headed towards a final state, or end point: a state in which matters will reach an equilibrium in which things are as good as th.