The Cynical Historian

What is the End of History? (2018x29)

Air date: Sep 09, 2018

This is a brief overview of how people have thought of the end of history. In two tracks, utopian and apocalyptic, one can get a sense of what is meant by "the end of history." ------------------------------------------------------------ References: Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, Re. Ed. (1992; New York: Avon Books, 1998). https://amzn.to/2M302ax Friedrich Nietzsche, The Nietzsche Reader, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Duncan Large (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2006). https://amzn.to/2QKIC1P Most of this is basically common knowledge, so here’s some helpful wikis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_Peace:_A_Philosophical_Sketch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenology_of_Spirit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche#%C3%9Cbermensch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: An apocalypse is a disclosure of knowledge or revelation. Historically, the term has a heavy religious connotation as commonly seen in the prophetic revelations of eschatology and were obtained through dreams or spiritual visions. It is also the Greek word fo