Education at the end of history
A response to Francis Fukuyama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11526736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Ward (0000-0001-5146-9325, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-170 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2020.1767073 |
| OpenAlex | W3022505838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
By 1989, fascism had long been defeated in Europe, and reforms in the Soviet Union appeared to signify the collapse of communist ideology, prompting Francis Fukuyama to famously declare the ‘end of history’. Since then, neoliberalism has been rolled out globally. This paper argues that, with regard to higher education, Fukuyama’s claim that the pursuit of knowledge will be replaced by the ‘satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands’ is prescient. What, then, prompted Fukuyama to qualify his predictions in 2018? Citing both the turmoil of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, Fukuyama blames identity politics for the breakdown of consensus over what the nation is, or should be, and suggests that the promotion of creedal identity might rescue Western democracy from populism. This paper disagrees: using the examples of Brexit and the promotion of Fundamental British Values in schools, it argues that creedal identity has become another expression of populism. Rejecting the claim that identity politics are the ultimate source of populism, it argues that populism is the predictable outcome of recession in the market economy
Aesthetics · Brexit · Communism · Democracy · Economics · End of history · European union · Identity (music · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Capitalism and Freedom
Karl Marx and the Freedom of the Individual
Populism as Identity Politics
From Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a ‘Post-Socialist’ Age
The Essential Frankfurt School Reader
Identity and Capitalism
The Enchantments of Mammon
Michael Gove’s war on professional historical expertise
Neoliberalism in the European Union
Fundamental British Values and citizenship education
On World Bank Education Financing
The McDonaldization of Higher Education
The Rise of a Populist Zeitgeist? A Content Analysis of Populist Media Coverage in Newspapers Published between 1990 and 2017
The Social Consequences of Brexit for the UK and Europe
The Populist Zeitgeist
Identity, Immigration, and Liberal Democracy
Great Transformation
The Postmodern Condition
The McDonaldization Thesis
Migrant Urbanisms
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |