历史终结了吗——评福山的历史终结论

Has the end of history come?

福山认为进入“后冷战”时代以后,西方自由民主制度已经成为人类意识形态发展的终点和人类最后一种统治形式,由此提出了历史终结论。历史终结论主张文化一元主义,将西方的制度作为一种普适的社会制度,体现出西方中心主义和文化霸权主义的心态,这与当今世界文化多元化的趋向不相符合。科技、经济在不断发展,尚未有一种制度能够满足所有国家所有人的需要,历史没有终结。

Francis Fukuyama argues that in the period of post cold war liberal democracy practised in the West is “the end point of mankind＇s ideological evolution” and “the final form of human government”. So he advances the theory that the end of history has come. It advocates cultural monism and considers the Western system to be one that can be used in every country, which shows the psychology of regarding the West as the centre of the world and cultural hegemony, which is not in conformity with the world pluralism today. The end of history has not come yet, because science and technology is developing and there isn＇ t a system that can satisfy the needs of all the people from all countries.