POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Benevolent Dictatorship, Big Youth, Alberto Fujimori
14 Dec 2015
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Fukuyama: what we may be witnessing is not just the end of the cold war or the passing of a particular period of post-war history . (collapse of soviet union) - democracy is the highest point achieved so far (he argues that democracy is the end of history, not communism like marx stated) Teleology is the philosophical study of design and purpose (greek telos: end or purpose) a teleological theory is one that holds all things to be designed or directed towards something and culmination in some finl. Marx"s teleological theory of history (primitive communism (hunter-gatherer) > communism: final stage) for marx, communism was the final stage. Fukuyama"s (teleological) argument: democracy is the highest point of human political organization; the endpoint of history (democracy is good; widespread; here to stay) Kaplan"s argument: democracy is not necessarily good, real democracy is hardly widespread, democracy is becoming less democratic (not here to stay)
