History and the Idea of Progress
The publication of Francis Fukuyama's article, The End of History? prompted a wave of public debates about democracy, progress, and the idea of history. In this book, twelve distinguished cultural commentators offer a brilliant array of responses to those debates.Fukuyama's controversial essay had considered whether Western-style democracy might be the endpoint of an inevitable historical development. For the present volume, the chapters-none of which has appeared elsewhere-include both a keynote chapter by Fukuyama and a series of spirited alternatives to his position. Additional essays examine the historical and philosophical origins of the…
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Weitere Autoren: Zinman, M. Richard (Hrsg.) / Weinberger, Jerry (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5017-4467-9
- EAN: 9781501744679
- Produktnummer: 31598005
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 28'691 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
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edited by Arthur M. Melzer, M. Richard Zinman, and Jerry Weinberger
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