Problem
End of history
Other Names:
Western triumphalismPost-historical sterility
Nature:
The end of history is a political and philosophical concept that supposes that a particular political, economic, or social system may develop that would constitute the end-point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government. A variety of authors have argued that a particular system is the "end of history" including Thomas More in Utopia, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vladimir Solovyov, Alexandre Kojève, and Francis Fukuyama in the 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man.
The concept of an end of history differs from ideas of an end of the world as expressed in various religions, which may forecast a complete destruction of the Earth or of life on Earth, and the end of the human race. The end of history instead proposes a state in which human life continues indefinitely into the future without any further major changes in society, system of governance, or economics.
Broader Problems:
Triumphalism Narrower Problems:
Historical naivety Related Problems:
End of natureEnd of the worldLimited historical methodHistorical misrepresentationFailure to profit from patterns of history Aggravates:
BoredomConsumerismIllusion of progress Strategies:
Remembering lessons of historyResearching causes of post-historical sterilityDenouncing triumphalism Subject(s):
Biosciences → GrowthTransportation, Telecommunications → Post
History → History
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST