Bücher von Francis Fukuyama

If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. This book examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. It starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions.

Fukuyama's profound inquiry leads the reader to the question of whether humanity will eventually reach a stable state in which it is at last completely satisfied, or whether there is something about the condition of humans that will always lead them to smash this ultimate equilibrium and plunge the world back into chaos.

Liberalism - the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism - has never been so divisive as today. From Putin's populism, the Trump administration and autocratic rulers in democracies the world over, it has both thrived and failed under identity politics, authoritarianism, social media and a weakened free press the world over. Since its inception following the post-Reformation wars, liberalism has come under attack from conservatives and progressives alike, and today is dismissed by many as an 'obsolete doctrine'. In this brilliant and concise exposition, Francis Fukuyama sets out the cases for and against its classical premises: observing the rule of law, independence of judges, means over ends, and most of all, tolerance. Pithy, to the point, and ever pertinent, this is political dissection at its very best.

Ist Geschichte eine endlose Wiederholung von Aufstieg und Verfall? In seinem weltberühmten Grundlagenwerk legt Francis Fukuyama dar, warum für ihn die liberale Demokratie den Endpunkt der Geschichte bedeutet. Im Sommer 1989 elektrisierte ein Artikel eines bis dato unbekannten Politikwissenschaftlers in der Zeitschrift The National Interest die Welt. Er führte zu Kontroversen bis in die Leitartikel diverser Zeitungen. Francis Fukuyama hatte Das Ende der Geschichte als den Sieg des Liberalismus ausgerufen. Kurz darauf fiel die Mauer tatsächlich. Das darauf folgende Buch wurde 1992 ein weltweiter Bestseller und gehört bis heute zu den meist zitierten Werken der Politikwissenschaft.Wer sich ein eigenes Bild dieses oft umstrittenen und falsch verstandenen Klassikers machen will, hat nun endlich wieder die Möglichkeit, Das Ende der Geschichte im Original zu lesen, erstmals auch mit einem bislang noch nie ins Deutsche übersetzten Nachwort des Autors.

In the past thirty years, the United States has undergone a profound transformation in its social structure: Crime has increased, trust has declined, families have broken down, and individualism has triumphed over community. Has the Great Disruption of recent decades rent the fabric of American society irreparably? In this brilliant and sweeping work of social, economic, and moral analysis, Francis Fukuyama shows that even as the old order has broken apart, a new social order is already taking its place. The Great Disruption forges a new model for understanding the Great Reconstruction that is under way.