POL SCI 51A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sam Huntington, Francis Fukuyama, Berlin Wall
25 Mar 2016
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Francis fukuyama- looked at eastern europe as it was collapsing (summer 1989)- berlin wall. 19th century german philosopher - the history of the world is the history of philosophy- true history. When you see a war, it is the external manifestation of politics-clash of ideas. History is the history of human consciousness- industry, economy, religious is a manifestation of the ideas that inform those practices. Battle of jena: victory of liberty, equality, and fraternity if no idea could surpass this and history is the history of ideas, then he argued this is the end of history . What helps us is theory- it is theory alone that helps us transcend this poverty of the human condition you need a theory. He believed hegel was right but he was a bit of it was 1989 20th century had faced many challenges (stalin, hitler communism, After 1945 the nazi idea was discredited-not an option.
