POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Francis Fukuyama, Liberal Democracy, Berlin Wall
2 Oct 2012
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Francis fukuyama: looked through the lens of hegel for thought on the fall of the berlin wall during the summer of 1989, hegel, witnessed moments in history, realized what he was witnessing. Plato and aristotle: medieval societies (kingships and serfs) Thomas aquinas and the church: liberal democracies, hegel, battle of jena - saw what he believed was the birth of. "liberty, equality and fraternity: history is the history of great ideas, of ideas surpassing each other. Should there be no new idea to challenge the new idea then history is over: fukuyama, hegel was correct in his thinking, but off in years o, global war against nazis (wwii) Instead of 1806, it was 1989: challengers to liberal democracy defeated in realm of ideas societies. Nazism, communism, fascism: world of peace, trade and democracy, no wars f big ideas hence liberalism has won, threats to stability appear in big ideological challengers, a distinct lack of such challengers.
