end of history

== English == === Etymology === Popularized by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama in his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, based on an article he wrote in 1989. === Proper noun === the end of history (politics) A political or philosophical concept positing that a certain political, economic or social system will be the last one that humanity develops. ==== Related terms ==== end-of-history illusion ==== Translations ==== === See also === arc of history war to end all wars