History and the Idea of Progress / / ed. by Jerry Weinberger, Arthur M. Melzer, M. Richard Zinman.
The publication of Francis Fukuyama's article, "The End of History?" prompted a wave of public debates about democracy, progress, and the idea of history. In this book, twelve distinguished cultural commentators offer a brilliant array of responses to those debates.Fukuyama's con...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1995 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Part I. THE REVIVAL OF THE IDEA OF HISTORY AS A RATIONAL PROCESS -- 1. On the Possibility of Writing A Universal History -- 2. Hegel on History, Self-Determination, and the Absolute -- Part II. RETROSPECTIVE: ON THE HISTORY OF THE IDEA OF HISTORY -- 3. Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress -- 4. Kant's Idea of History -- 5. The End of History in the Open-ended Age? The Life Expectancy of Self-evident Truth -- 6. Nietzsche and Spengler on Progress and Decline -- Part III. CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS: WHERE IS HISTORY GOING? -- 7. Political Conflict after the Cold War -- 8. Enlightenment under Threat -- 9. "What Then?": The Irrepressible Radicalism of Democracy -- 10. Feminism and the Crisis of Contemporary Culture -- 11. The End of Leninism and History as Comic Frame -- 12. The Age of Limits -- NOTES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
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Summary: | The publication of Francis Fukuyama's article, "The End of History?" prompted a wave of public debates about democracy, progress, and the idea of history. In this book, twelve distinguished cultural commentators offer a brilliant array of responses to those debates.Fukuyama's controversial essay had considered whether Western-style democracy might be the endpoint of an inevitable historical development. For the present volume, the chapters—none of which has appeared elsewhere—include both a keynote chapter by Fukuyama and a series of spirited alternatives to his position. Additional essays examine the historical and philosophical origins of the idea of history that lies behind today's perspectives on progress and politics. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501744679 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501744679 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Jerry Weinberger, Arthur M. Melzer, M. Richard Zinman. |