“ From the earlier discussion of Europe in the nineteenth century, however, it should be clear that the middle classes are not inevitably supporters of democracy. This tends to be particularly true when… Francis Fukuyama
“ For , by contrast, liberal society is a reciprocal and equal agreement among citizens to mutually recognize each other Francis Fukuyama
“ But as important as material self-interest is, human beings are motivated by other things as well, motives that better explain the disparate events of the present. This might be called the politics of… Francis Fukuyama
“ A high degree of autonomy is what permits innovation, experimentation and risk taking in a bureaucracy. If the slightest mistake can end a career, then no one will ever take risks. Francis Fukuyama
“ In the second decade of the twenty-first century, that spectrum appears to be giving way in many regions to one defined by identity. The left has focused less on broad economic equality and more on pr… Francis Fukuyama
“ The low-trust, family-oriented societies with weak intermediate organizations we have observed have all been characterized by a similar saddle-shaped distribution of enterprises. Taiwan, Hong Kong, It… Francis Fukuyama
“ و كما في نظرة كانط إلى نزعة الإنسان للإجتماع التي تتسم بطابع غير اجتماعي ـ فقد رأى هيجل أن التقدم في التاريخ لا ينشأ لا عن تقدم مطرد للعقل، و إنما عن التفاعل الأعمى للعواطف التي أدت بالإنسان إلى الصرا… Francis Fukuyama
“ و قد أسفرت محاولتنا السابقة لبناء تاريخ عالمي عن مسارين تاريخيين متوازيين، الأول : تحكمه العلوم الطبيعية الحديثة و منطق الرغبة، و الثاني : يحكمه الصراع من أجل الاعتراف. و قد كانت نهايتا المسارين واحدة… Francis Fukuyama
“ Who am I, really? The search for an answer produces feelings of alienation and anxiety and can only be relieved when one accepts that inner self and receives public recognition for it. Francis Fukuyama
“ Thymos is the part of the soul that craves recognition of dignity; isothymia is the demand to be respected on an equal basis with other people; while megalothymia is the desire to be recognized as sup… Francis Fukuyama
“ Given the novelty of this organization, lines of authority were confused. Although Bremer nominally worked for and reported to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, he increasingly dealt directly with the White… Francis Fukuyama
“ There were, however, countervailing forces. The independence of the Italian judiciary had been reinforced by the recruitment of a generation of idealistic lawyers in the wake of the global uprisings o… Francis Fukuyama
“ يقول إلكسندر كوجيف في تفسيره لهيجل :-إن كانت السيادة الخاملة طريقاً مسدوداً، فإن العبودية النشيطة هي مصدر كل تقدم إنساني و اجتماعي و تاريخي، و ما التاريخ إلا تاريخ العبد النشيط Francis Fukuyama
“ و قد دار جدال واسع النطاق بشأن صلة نيتشه بالفاشية الألمانية. و رغم أنه بالوسع الدفاع عنه و تبرئته من التهمة ضيقة الأفق بأنه كان أباً للإشتراكية القومية و نظرياتها الساذجة، فإن العلاقة بين فكره و الناز… Francis Fukuyama
“ The Islamicization of radicalism—that is, a process that draws from the same alienation that drove earlier generations of extremists, whether nationalists such as Paul de Lagarde or Communists such as… Francis Fukuyama
“ The United States is trapped in a bad equilibrium. Because Americans historically distrust the government, they typically aren’t willing to delegate to the government authority to make decisions in th… Francis Fukuyama
“ How the new Chinese middle class behaves in the coming years will be the most important test of the universality of liberal democracy. If it continues to grow in absolute and relative size, and yet re… Francis Fukuyama
