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Podcast: Past Present Future
Episode: The History of Bad Ideas: The End of History
Description: Today’s bad idea concerns history itself: David talks to world historian Ayse Zarakol about the temptations and the pitfalls of the idea of The End of History. Francis Fukuyama popularised the phrase in 1989 at the end of the Cold War. What did his vision of the triumph of liberal democracy miss? Was it a Western fantasy or a modern fantasy or both? How has history exacted its revenge? And if history doesn’t end, does it repeat?Coming on Saturday a bonus bad idea to accompany this series: David talks to Lucia Rubinelli about what’s gone wro...