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Title: No Such Animal
Review: There is no End To History. It goes on in multiple ways, no matter how much triumphalist rhetoric celebrated the illusory, temporary "victory" of a fleeting form of neoliberalism (not true democracy) in the late 20C. With such a foundation of sand, the pretentious Hegelianism that rests on it is superfluous and insupportable. Two stars for stimulating debates (mostly the original article), and for coining a neat phrase. But there's no "there" there, at least not enough to successfully transition from article to full-length book. BTW, Fukuyama's institutional connections do not impress. Like many intellectuals who align with statist and corporatist views, he prefers to hide in unaccountable think tanks that function as echo chambers. Facing bright students in open and honest class discussion, let alone the peer-review process or independent-minded academics, is not for the likes of him.
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