This work draws on Kojeve to state that the rise of democracy worldwide signalsthe final endpoint of humanity's evolution.
One chapter of this work opens with a quote about eating pineapples on the moon to illustrate theweakness of strong states. One chapter of this book states Asian economies have grown faster than LatinAmerican ones because of less state intervention, and is entitled "The Victory of the VCR". Another part ofthis work draws upon Plato's idea of the thymos to state that humans are motivated by both economic selfinterestand by self-esteem. A key idea of this work is that industrialization and high technology cannot existalongside (*) despotic governments, meaning that modern dictatorships are just a momentary downturn in theoverall inexorable arc of history. This work draws on Kojeve to state that the rise of democracy worldwide signalsthe final endpoint of humanity's evolution. For 10 points, name this political work by Francis Fukuyama.
One chapter of this work opens with a quote about eating pineapples on the moon to illustrate theweakness of strong states.
The End of History and the Last Man