HST 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Countermovement
Document Summary
There was a large debate over what to make of the end of the cold war and it is still debated today. Some say the end of the cold war marked the end of history because it was the end of human ideological evolution and universalization of western liberal parliamentary democracy and capitalism. Others say that the end of the cold war was just the end of a certain era of post-war history. George friedrich wilhelm hegel developed hegelian philosophy from the writings of many. He wanted to figure out how history worked. David reynolds" process talks about integration and fragmentation. Fukuyama"s argument was that capitalism vs. communism was the final ideological conflict a part of humanity"s evolution ended with the victory of capitalism, Huntington argues history is driven by conflicts between civilizations so history has no end point. Huntington focuses on islam and its conflict with the west and other parts of the world.
