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On Fukuyama's Misreading of Hegel's and Marx's Concept of History

Shen Yu-mei

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In late 1990s,Fukuyama's view onthe end of historyencountered overall challenges from leftist and rightist intellectuals of worl.Fukuyama turned to Hegel and Marx for support,and stated that Hegel and Marx also hold view of the end of history .In fact,this is Fukuyama's misreading of Hegel's and Marx's concept of history.So Fukuyama not only couldn't prove that his theory is reasonable and legitimate,but exposed his ideological motivation.

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In late 1990s,Fukuyama's view onthe end of historyencountered overall challenges from leftist and rightist intellectuals of worl.Fukuyama turned to Hegel and Marx for support,and stated that Hegel and Marx also hold view of the end of history .In fact,this is Fukuyama's misreading of Hegel's and Marx's concept of history.So Fukuyama not only couldn't prove that his theory is reasonable and legitimate,but exposed his ideological motivation.

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In late 1990s,Fukuyama's view onthe end of historyencountered overall challenges from leftist and rightist intellectuals of worl.Fukuyama turned to Hegel and Marx for support,and stated that Hegel and Marx also hold view of the end of history .In fact,this is Fukuyama's misreading of Hegel's and Marx's concept of history.So Fukuyama not only couldn't prove that his theory is reasonable and legitimate,but exposed his ideological motivation.

Key concepts: Hegelianism, End of history, Ideology, Left-wing politics, Philosophy, Epistemology, Law, Politics

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