Education at the End of History: A Response to Francis Fukuyama

Autor/in	Ward, Sophie
Titel	Education at the End of History: A Response to Francis Fukuyama
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (2021) 2, S.160-170 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2020.1767073
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Social Change; Social Systems; Neoliberalism; Higher Education; Consumer Education; Self Concept; Political Attitudes; Elections; Presidents; Public Policy; Democracy; Social Values; Economic Climate; Educational Change; History; Commercialization; Foreign Countries; United States; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Sozialer Wandel; Social system; Soziales System; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Konsumerziehung; Selbstkonzept; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Election; Wahl; President; Präsident; Öffentliche Ordnung; Demokratie; Sozialer Wert; Wirtschaftslage; Bildungsreform; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Ausland; USA; Großbritannien
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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