POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Francis Fukuyama, Liberal Democracy, Berlin Wall
16 Sep 2013
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Aristotle: man is by nature a political animal he who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must a beat or a god . Democracy and war: is the world become more democratic and peaceful, summer 1989- fall of berlin wall, francis fukuyama- theorist, viewed falling of wall as a momentous occasion (drew on views of. Hegel: hegel- german theorist understood there was a structure to history. Human history is the history of understanding of the world. Idea and the organization of human society: really big ideas organize human society, ancient society, medieval society, liberal/democratic ideas. Hegel and liberal state: final big idea, at the end of history there is no more challenge, found liberal democracy. Fukuyama: hegel was right but he was off, not 1806 but 1989, big challenges to liberal democracy had been defeated in realm of ideas ideas are defeated becomes more democratic.
