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Francis Fukuyama

1952 - Today

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Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (; born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar, best known for his book The End of History and the Last Man (1992). In this work he argues that the worldwide spread of liberal democracies and free-market capitalism of the West and its lifestyle may signal the end point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and political struggle and become the final form of human government, an assessment meeting with numerous and substantial criticisms. In his subsequent book Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity (1995), he modified his earlier position to acknowledge that culture cannot be cleanly separated from economics. Fukuyama is also associated with the rise of the neoconservative movement, from which he has since distanced himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Fukuyama is the 5th most popular political scientist (down from 3rd in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from United States (down from 499th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Political Scientist. Learn more about Francis Fukuyama's academic impact at Rankless.

Fukuyama is most famous for his book The End of History and the Last Man, which argues that Western liberal democracy is the final form of human government.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Francis Fukuyama ranks 5 out of 46. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Étienne de La Boétie, Robert A. Dahl, and Christian Lous Lange. After him are Hans Morgenthau, Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, Georg Jellinek, Johan Galtung, Harold Lasswell, and Ralf Dahrendorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Francis Fukuyama ranks 25. Before him are Christopher Reeve, KP Sharma Oli, Jostein Gaarder, Stephen Lang, Roger Milla, and Tomislav Nikolić. After him are Sylvia Kristel, Isabella Rossellini, Bell hooks, Jeff Goldblum, Hun Sen, and Merrick Garland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Fukuyama ranks 725 out of 20,380. Before him are William Halsey Jr. (1882), Gwen Stefani (1969), Tony Lip (1930), Jack Kilby (1923), Margaret Mead (1901), and Martin Landau (1928). After him are James Caan (1940), Donna Summer (1948), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Eddie Murphy (1961), and Reese Witherspoon (1976).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, Francis Fukuyama ranks 3. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927), and Robert A. Dahl (1915). After him are Harold Lasswell (1902), Joseph Nye (1937), John Mearsheimer (1947), Gene Sharp (1928), Graham Allison (1940), James Flynn (1934), Charles Murray (1943), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and William Graham Sumner (1840).

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