POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Washington Consensus, Berlin Wall, Islamic Fundamentalism
7 Dec 2013
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Hegel: german philosopher said history is understandable, theres a way that it unfolds. Fukuyama said fall of berlin wall was the end of history. Not kings, queens, presidents: they steal big ideas, big ideas. When you see a war, u see ppl dying but whats really happening is a clash of ideas. Really big ideas are those that organize human society. Said that when napoleon came to attack germany, it was the end of history. End of kings/queen as a liberal state comes. The ultimate idea has come, no more big ideas. Hega was right but a bit off. 1806 is not the end, 1989 was. Osamas idea is not very appealing, no genuine challenge. Big challengers to libral demo had been defeated in realm of ideas (communism/fascism)- the. Communism exists but not by beliefs, just by fear and not universal. Christian, jewish, islamic fundamentalism: yes they are there but they are not universal so their ideas are already lost.
