End of history
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"End of history" is a controversial term used in the philosophy of history that may refer to:
- The advent of a particular political and economic system as a signal of the end point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government.
- The End of History?, a 1989 essay by Francis Fukuyama published in the international affairs journal The National Interest.
- The End of History and the Last Man, a 1992 political book by Fukuyama expanding on his essay on the same subject.
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