![]() ![]() Societies that learn from mistakes rather than punish them have an inherent resilience.It is confirmed by this ambitious work. Endlessly interesting - reminiscent at turns of Oswald Spengler, Stanislaw Andreski and Samuel Huntington, though less pessimistic and much better written * Kirkus Reviews (starred) * Sweeping, provocative big-picture study of humankind's political impulses. This exceptional book should be in every library * Library Journal * No longer the neocon of former days, Fukuyama seems a more flexible and discerning thinker, and as always, his mastery of the literature is daunting. This is that rare work of history with up-to-the-minute relevance * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * ![]() will give many thoughtful people a sensible path forward * Spectator * In his nonfiction book The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011), American political scientist and economist. It should be read by every democrat - and every dictator. ![]() with a relentless and awesome force * Glasgow Herald * The classic history of political order is that there was early on a great divergence between Eastern despotism and Western liberty. he attacks his former academic allies and friends. Most of The Origins of Political Order is devoted to telling the story of how the state, the rule of law and accountability happened to evolve independently in different societies, before. Fukuyama remains as prominent as ever * FT *Įlegant, honest, persuasive. It examines underlying geo-political realities and their implications for political structure and focusses on the religious and political systems of thought. ![]()
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