Last Man Standing
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir assesses an intellectual life devoted to the health of the liberal-democratic idea.
Matt Johnson
· 12 min read
Francis Fukuyama
A collection of 6 posts
Trump and the Necessity of Democratic Struggle
Liberal pluralism remains the best way to secure as much freedom as possible for a nation with 340 million diverse inhabitants, and this point should become clearer as clashing illiberal forces compete to impose their own versions of law and morality on everyone else.
Matt Johnson
· 15 min read
“Social Trust Has Really Eroded”
An interview with Francis Fukuyama.
Matt Johnson, Francis Fukuyama
· 29 min read
The Open Society and Its New Enemies
What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today.
Matt Johnson
· 27 min read
The Rise of Post-Liberal Man
This kind of regime-analysis disappeared with the rise of classical liberalism, which supplied an altogether different language of politics.
Mathis Bitton
· 8 min read
COVID-19 Is Not the End of 'The End of History'
As COVID-19 suffocates the global economy, borders remain closed, and tensions mount between EU countries, the US and China, etc., Fukuyama’s critics are taking the opportunity to dismiss the “The End of History?” while ignoring its basic premises.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read