Francis Fukuyama and his idea about the end of history: an epistemological approach

Abstract

This article aims to take an epistemological approach to Francis Fukuyama's proposition on the book "The End of History and the Last Man", written in 1992, through an analysis of the intellectual implications he used to prove his claim according to which humanity reached the end after the victory of modern liberal democracy over various other ideologies such as Communism, Fascism and other dictatorships, where this epistemological approach is based on the definition of the basic idea of Fukuyama, then introducing the author of the book to understand his tendencies and background, get his theory that he embodied in the book, and critique his ideas.

Keywords: Francis Fukuyama, the end of history, liberal democracy, capitalism