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.

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.

»Intelligent und klar - wir brauchen mehr Denker, die so weise sind wie Fukuyama.« The New York TimesIn den letzten zehn Jahren ist die Anzahl der demokratischen Staaten weltweit erschreckend schnell zurückgegangen. Erleben wir gerade das Ende der liberalen Demokratie? Der US-amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler Francis Fukuyama, Autor des Weltbestsellers Das Ende der Geschichte, sucht in seinem neuen Buch nach den Gründen, warum sich immer mehr Menschen antidemokratischen Strömungen zuwenden und den Liberalismus ablehnen. Er zeigt, warum die Politik der Stunde geprägt ist von Nationalismus und Wut, welche Rolle linke und rechte Parteien bei dieser Entwicklung spielen, und was wir tun können, um unsere gesellschaftliche Identität und damit die liberale Demokratie wieder zu beleben.»Einer der bedeutendsten Politikwissenschaftler der westlichen Welt.« Die Welt

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.

The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern stateWriting in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "e;magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition."e; In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as "e;a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time."e; And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed "e;this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two."e; Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West. A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic.

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.