Francis Fukuyama

[Stormlight]

An interesting interview of the German news-magazine "Der Spiegel" with Francis Fukuyama : The interview

And it's even in English!

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Stormlight

An interesting interview of the German news-magazine "Der Spiegel" with Francis Fukuyama : The interview

And it's even in English!

from his Wiki bio

Fukuyama is best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argues that the progression of human history as a struggle between ideologies is largely at an end, with the world settling on liberal democracy after the end of the Cold War and when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Fukuyama's prophecy declares the eventual triumph of political and economic liberalism.

Then, later in the same Wiki bio:

He also announced the end of the "neoconservative moment" and argued for the demilitarization of the war on terrorism:

"[W]ar" is the wrong metaphor for the broader struggle, since wars are fought at full intensity and have clear beginnings and endings. Meeting the jihadist challenge is more of a "long, twilight struggle" whose core is not a military campaign but a political contest for the hearts and minds of ordinary Muslims around the world.

So... I guess it isn't the "end of history" with the "eventual triumph of political and economic liberalism" assured. Now we have the "jihadist challenge".

Sheesh... these academicians.