The End of History and the Last Man

By: Francis Fukuyama

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.

©1992, 2006 Francis Fukuyama (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

blends well

I didn't want to read this because of how much time had past and how much it's been discredited but I'm glad I did. it blends the concepts together really well while referencing what lead up to the book philosophically speaking and gives a great spring board to ideas moving forward.

Brilliant guy

Great scholar. Very well written book. Very complex and well organized. Will read more of his books.

Good sound and good author

The author is not ‘monotonic’ reader! You feel that IN this ‘movie’ and that is a big pros in this audio book. Sure fascinating

Blah

Very generic ideas and some very bad philosophical interpretations. Wouldn’t recommend unless it was free.

End of end of history

Well argued book that, even though has lost its predictive power somewhat, still provides the necessary mental tools for the political and philosophical analysis of the current state of affairs in the world.

still worth considering

while it is now dated, the principles still apply and the ideas are worth considering.

Brilliant in scope and analysis

Fukuyama presents his thesis in clear, bold terms. This volume is brilliant in scope and analysis. It is thought provoking, compelling, intensely interesting, impactfully memorable. Gander’s narration is clear and fosters comprehension. One may be incentivized to reread this book due to the density of Fukuyama’s arguments.

Performance over substance

This audio performer just GOES FOR IT. It’s political philosophy; I mean, it’s going to be bland. But the content he puts into certain words, the accents when he speaks foreign languages, the flourish to more salient points. Expert level.

Though I hope the author signed off on the final copy, since a performance that good can influence the meaning and intent behind the words.

Still Provocative After Three Decades

Its not so much the thesis as the journey that Fukuyama takes to get there that makes this book still well worth the read

fascinating perspective well explored

Great book; fascinating ideas and thought provoking perspective on the underlying psychological, sociological, and philosophical reasons history has played out as it has.

My only gripe is that the narrator's tone in several cases felt inappropriately sarcastic changing the meaning of some passages.