In Francis Fukuyama's book, The End of History, he paints this picture of liberalism finally reaching the status of the dominant worldview in the world and that the world has turned into a unipolar one; with secular liberalism as its percieved default axis.
His work recieved relative popularity and was held by many as an adequate way to describe the modern world and its trajectory.
Obviously, there was some push back to this idea, and surprisingly, it came from Fukuyama's teacher.
He proposed the idea that history wouldn't end with liberalism reigning supreme after having won the cold war. He posits the idea that; no, the world order isn't heading to a unipolar state, but to a multipolar one. However, this time, wars won't be based on economic philosophies, but on ways of life or based on 'civilizations' as he puts it.
He divides these 'civilizations' into these categories:
The Islamic
The Western(secular, liberal)
Russian
Chinese
Etc
What are your opinions on such opinions and what implications do they lead to in relation to Islam?
His work recieved relative popularity and was held by many as an adequate way to describe the modern world and its trajectory.
Obviously, there was some push back to this idea, and surprisingly, it came from Fukuyama's teacher.
He proposed the idea that history wouldn't end with liberalism reigning supreme after having won the cold war. He posits the idea that; no, the world order isn't heading to a unipolar state, but to a multipolar one. However, this time, wars won't be based on economic philosophies, but on ways of life or based on 'civilizations' as he puts it.
He divides these 'civilizations' into these categories:
The Islamic
The Western(secular, liberal)
Russian
Chinese
Etc
What are your opinions on such opinions and what implications do they lead to in relation to Islam?
