Political Science · Political Theory
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's mastery over nature.
CThe absence of major contradictions in liberal democracy.
DThe triumph of liberalism is more in terms of economics than ideologies. ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) The triumph of liberalism is more in terms of economics than ideologies. — The factor Fukuyama does not give is that liberalism's triumph is more economic than ideological, so the answer is that option.
Explanation
★The factor Fukuyama does not give is that liberalism's triumph is more economic than ideological, so the answer is that option.
★In The End of History, Fukuyama argues that liberal democracy is the final form of human government.
★He treats history as driven by the human struggle for recognition, the thymos or desire for dignity.
★He also points to the logic of modern science and its progressive mastery over nature as a driving force.
★And he claims liberal democracy contains no fundamental internal contradictions that could overthrow it.
★His victory of liberalism is above all ideological, the exhaustion of viable alternatives, not merely economic.
★So treating the triumph as mainly economic misreads his essentially ideological end-of-history thesis.
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