http://andrew.pilsch.com/blog/2008/07/13/the-end-of-the-end-of/ science fiction, new media, technical communications, transhumanism Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://andrew.pilsch.com/blog/2008/07/13/the-end-of-the-end-of/comment-page-1/#comment-3190 post-ends and the end of post- « systeming the game Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:24:45 +0000 http://andrew.pilsch.com/blog/?p=98#comment-3190 [...] it and pomo) more invested in postness or end-of-ness? Our friend/colleague Andrew’s post on the end of “the end of” might also be useful here. Eco World Content From Across The Internet. Featured on EcoPressed [...] […] it and pomo) more invested in postness or end-of-ness? Our friend/colleague Andrew’s post on the end of “the end of” might also be useful here. Eco World Content From Across The Internet. Featured on EcoPressed […]

]]> http://andrew.pilsch.com/blog/2008/07/13/the-end-of-the-end-of/comment-page-1/#comment-3052 Peter Forrester Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:18:43 +0000 http://andrew.pilsch.com/blog/?p=98#comment-3052 Fukuyama did not assert that -- with the collapse of the Soviet Union -- "we had arrived at the worldwide transmission of democracy and that, now, human equality was at its absolute peak." He asserted, rather, that every alternative to liberal democracy has been realized as a failure; in other words, liberal democracy has been historically vindicated, and every alternative (including Islam) judged and condemned. Radical Islam is the 'swan song' of traditional religion and morality in the Middle East. It's loud and brutal, but ultimately signifies nothing. Fukuyama did not assert that — with the collapse of the Soviet Union — “we had arrived at the worldwide transmission of democracy and that, now, human equality was at its absolute peak.” He asserted, rather, that every alternative to liberal democracy has been realized as a failure; in other words, liberal democracy has been historically vindicated, and every alternative (including Islam) judged and condemned. Radical Islam is the ‘swan song’ of traditional religion and morality in the Middle East. It’s loud and brutal, but ultimately signifies nothing.

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