ABSTRACT
In 1989, Francis Fukuyama infamously argued that we might soon bump up against the end of history. Drawing on Hegelian philosophy and historical events from the 20th century, he claimed that liberal-democratic capitalism will soon emerge victorious first in the ideological battle against competing systems, and that later this ideational victory will be followed by an actual, material domination. The concluding chapter summarizes Fukuyama’s argument and examines it, or a version of it, in light of both the various preceding theoretical arguments made in the book and certain importantly related current events. It argues that a certain toned-down, non-Hegelian version of his end-of-history thesis might actually turn out to be correct. The chapter concludes with a review of the key findings of the book.
