Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET June 2015 Political Science
Which one of the following is not a factor, for Fukuyama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy?
AThe struggle for 'recognition'
BThe 'logic of science' mastery over nature
CThe absence of 'major contradictions' in democracy
DThe triumph of ideologies ✓ Correct
Answer: D
Explanation
★For Fukuyama, the factor not behind the triumph of liberal democracy is the triumph of ideologies.
★His point is the opposite, that the age of grand ideological battles has ended with the victory of liberal democracy itself.
★The genuine factors he gives include the struggle for recognition, the human desire for dignity, and the logic of modern science with its mastery over nature.
★The absence of major internal contradictions in liberal democracy is also part of why it endures.
★He set out this thesis in The End of History and the Last Man (1992).
★So the triumph of ideologies is the correct answer.
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