CHRONICLE – The professor of international politics at Stanford University delivers, in his latest essay, a precise diagnosis of the malaise of liberal societies.
Next Thursday is announced a new day of mobilization against the pension reform. Will the appearance of the new boss of the CGT cause a burst of mobilization or will the stalemate of the movement continue? The answer to this question will dictate government action and the fate of the text. Once these subjects of annuities and pension amounts (for a time) have been settled, the essential will remain: to understand the root causes of the social crisis that the country has been going through for years.
Reading the latest book by Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism. Headwinds* can help. The professor of international politics at Stanford University delivers in this essay a precise diagnosis of the malaise of liberal societies and even dares to propose some ways of redemption. The American intellectual rose to resounding fame when he published, in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man, which celebrated the advent of liberal democracy…