The concept of the “end of history” is associated with political scientist Francis Fukuyama, who popularized it in his 1989 essay titled “The End of History?” and later expanded upon it in his book “The End of History and the Last Man” published in 1992.
Fukuyama’s thesis argues that with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, humanity had reached the endpoint of its socio-political evolution. He claimed that liberal democracy, with its focus on individual rights, market capitalism, and the rule of law, represented the highest and final stage of human development.
