About Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist and political economist (b. 1952), now at Stanford. A student of Allan Bloom and Samuel Huntington, Fukuyama became world-famous for his 1989 essay and 1992 book on the 'end of history'; his later works on political order, identity, and trust complicated and partly revised that early thesis.
Books by Francis Fukuyama
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
Fukuyama's account of the force he thinks now drives world politics: the demand for dignity and recognition. Returning to the idea of thymos from his End of History, he argues that identity — the felt need to have one's…
Read about this book →Political Order and Political Decay
The second volume of Fukuyama's monumental study of political order, carrying the story from the French Revolution to the present. He examines how modern states, the rule of law, and democratic accountability developed…
Read about this book →The End of History and the Last Man
The defining statement of post-Cold-War liberal optimism — and far more subtle than its slogan suggests. Fukuyama argues that liberal democracy may be the endpoint of humanity's ideological evolution, the final form of…
Read about this book →The Origins of Political Order
A sweeping account of where political order comes from, ranging from prehuman primate societies to the eve of the French Revolution. Fukuyama argues that successful modern political order rests on three components — a c…
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