单词 | the end of history |
释义 | > as lemmasthe end of history e. the end of history: the final and natural end of developments in human government and social organization (viewed as a historical process), represented by the emergence of liberal democracy within a capitalist economic system.First described by Francis Fukuyama (b. 1952), U.S. political scientist. ΚΠ 1989 F. Fukuyama in National Interest Summer 4/1 What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of postwar history, but the end of history as such. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) p. ix/6 Kolakowski does not think we have reached the end of history just because the social market had become so widely established. 2001 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Dec. a21 The end-of-history theory was understandably infuriating to those whose sweeping ideas lost the gladiatorial battles, whether it was global communism or,..an imperialist version of Islam. 2008 Atlantic Monthly June 16/1 Bush's hopes for vindication depend on the Middle East's following a gradual, Fukuyaman track toward free markets, democratic government, and the ‘end of history’. < as lemmas |
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