Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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Edition 13 (1992) Winner
Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama
フランシス・フクヤマ（ヨシヒロ）
Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-10-27 （Chicago, Illinois, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Manhattan, New York → State College, Pennsylvania → Stanford, California
Career
- Occupations
- political scientist, political economist, international relations scholar, author, professor
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- RAND Corporation, George Mason University, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), Stanford University (Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies), International Forum for Democratic Studies (council member)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
- Influenced By
- Allan Bloom, Samuel P. Huntington, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida
- Influenced
- public intellectuals and policymakers, scholars and commentators engaged in debates on liberal democracy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Classics (BA) | Classics | BA | 1970–1974 | United States |
| Yale University (graduate studies, comparative literature) | — | Comparative Literature (studies) | — | 1974–1975 | United States |
| Harvard University | Graduate School of Political Science | Political Science | PhD | 1975–1979 | United States |
Cornell University
Classics (BA)
/ Classics
Degree:
BA
Period:
1970–1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Studied political philosophy under Allan Bloom
Yale University (graduate studies, comparative literature)
Comparative Literature (studies)
Period:
1974–1975
Country:
United States
Studied in Paris under Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida; later switched to political science
Harvard University
Graduate School of Political Science
/ Political Science
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1975–1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Doctoral thesis on Soviet threats to intervene in the Middle East (1956–1973)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in International and Comparative Public Administration | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in International and Comparative Public Administration
2024
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The End of History and the Last Man
1992 political philosophy, political scienceArgues that the end of the Cold War signaled an 'end point' in mankind's ideological evolution, with liberal democracy becoming the prevailing form of government.
liberal democracyideological historymodern political thought
Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
1995 political economy, sociologyExamines how social trust and social capital affect economic prosperity and the functioning of markets.
social capitalculture and economytrust
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
2002 bioethics, political thoughtConsiders how biotechnology could alter human nature and the political and ethical implications for liberal democracy.
biotechnologyhuman natureethics and politics
The Origins of Political Order
2011 comparative political historyDevelops a theory of what makes political order stable, emphasizing state capacity, rule of law, and accountability through comparative history.
state formationrule of lawaccountability
Political Order and Political Decay
2014 comparative political historyTraces political institutions since the Industrial Revolution and analyzes causes of political decay and institutional deterioration.
institutional developmentpolitical decaybureaucracy
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
2018 political thoughtUses Plato's notion of thymos to explain politics of grievance and the role of dignity and identity in contemporary politics.
identity politicsdignityresentment
Liberalism and Its Discontents
2022 political thoughtDefends liberalism against critiques from both the populist right and progressive left and discusses contemporary challenges to liberalism.
defense of liberalismcritique of populismpolicy debate
Bibliography
- The End of History and the Last Man
- Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
- The Great Disruption
- Our Posthuman Future
- State-Building
- The Origins of Political Order
- Political Order and Political Decay
- Identity
- Liberalism and Its Discontents
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- clear, argumentative proseinterdisciplinary approach crossing political science and philosophy
- Recurring Motifs
- state formation and institutionstrust and social capitalthymos (dignity) and identity
Legacy
Francis Fukuyama is a public intellectual best known for 'The End of History.' His work on state formation, institutional development, and identity has significantly shaped contemporary political debates, even as it has attracted substantial criticism.
Academic Societies
- World Academy of Art and Science
Quotes
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What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of postwar history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.
Source: The National Interest ('The End of History?', 1989) (1989)
Trivia
- His father was trained as a Congregational minister and was a sociologist.
- His paternal grandfather emigrated after the Russo-Japanese War and the family experienced Japanese-American internment during WWII.
- He is a first cousin of crime novelist Joe Ide and helped him get his first book published.
- Hobbies include photography, reproducing early American furniture, sound recording/reproduction, and building personal computers.