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    1. altruism

      The belief in practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others

    2. that both human beings and modern chimpanzees are descended

      Are they really? There are many different theories about where humans come from, but which one is true? This is a very "attention grabbing" subject.

    3. met­allurgy

      The domains of material science and engineering; focuses on the physical and chemical behavior of metal elements.

    4. heuristic

      Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

    5. Hobbesean fallac

      This is true; the only way to meet your individual standards is to cooperate with people socially, but keep your plan to yourself.

    6. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau developed this distinction and wrote treatises on the question of the state of nature, seeking to ground political rights in it.
    7. "state of nature" have been central to the understanding of justice and political order that underlies modern liberal democracy.
    1. where did they evolve

    2. Fukuyama
      1. Focuses on what factors lead to how societies develop politically
    3. “The first arose when my mentor, Samuel Huntington of Harvard University, asked me to write a foreword to a reprint edition of his 1968 classic, ‘Political Order in Changing Societies.’

      Fukuyama re-wrote the book because his mentor suggested him to.

    4. history as such had ended in the year 1806 with the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt, when Napoleon defeated the Prussian monarchy and brought the principles of liberty and equality to Hegel’s part of Europe.”
    5. disingenuous
    6. “Human beings never existed in a pre­social state. The idea that human beings at one time existed as isolated individuals, who interacted either through anarchic violence (Hobbes) or in pacific ignorance of one another (Rousseau), is not correct.”

      Fukuyama is saying social interactions are apart of human nature. Never has any form of human even in the earliest time periods, have humans only lived lives of isolation and simply kept themselves unaware of the others around them.

    7. The End of History?” in the foreign policy journal The National Interest and the subsequent book “The End of History and the Last Man.” His thesis ignited a global debate: “What we may b
    8. Main MenuEdition:Main MenuHomeHomeWorldU.S.U.S. NewsPoliticsU.S. PoliticsThe UpshotNew YorkBusinessBusinessBusiness DayTechnologySportsSportsOpinionOpinionScienceHealthArtsArtsPhotosStyleStyleVideoMost EmailedMore SectionsAutomobilesBlogsBooksFoodFoodFoodEducationMagazineMen's StyleMoviesMusicMedia & AdvertisingObituariesClimate & EnvironmentCrosswordGreat Homes and DestinationsReader CenterReal EstateSunday ReviewT MagazineTelevisionTheaterThe Learning NetworkTravelWeddingsWomen in the WorldCorrectionsTrendingNYT NewslettersRecommendationsSavedType Size:AAANight Mode:EnableAccount:SubscribeLog inThe New York TimesInternational New York TimesSearchGoSHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead LaterShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelSubscribeorMy accountLog inSunday Book ReviewFrancis Fukuyama’s Theory of the StateBook Review - The Origins of Political Order - By Francis FukuyamaSHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead LaterShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelBy MICHAEL LINDApril 15, 2011“This book has two origins,” Francis Fukuyama writes in the preface to “The Origins of Political Order.” “The first arose when my mentor, Samuel Huntington of Harvard University, asked me to write a foreword to a reprint edition of his 1968 classic, ‘Political Order in Changing Societies.’ ” Its second in
    9. : “Alexandre Kojève, the great Russian-French interpreter of Hegel, argued that history as such had ended in the year 1806 with the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt, when Napoleon defeated the Prussian monarchy and brought the principles of liberty and equality to Hegel’s part of Europe.”

      This was wrote about Alexandre Kojève in “The Origns of Political Order”.

    10. It is impossible to develop any meaningful theory of political development without treating ideas as fundamental causes of why societies differ and follow distinct development paths.”

      If the unique ideas are what is meaningful to political development, are unique cultures and societies meaningful as well?

    11. mentor, Samuel Huntington of Harvard University, asked me to write a foreword to a reprint edition of his 1968 classic, ‘Political Order in Changing Societies.’
    12. Fukuyama rejects reductionist attempts to explain political and social institutions as mere epiphenomena of underlying economic or technological structures. “It is impossible to develop any meaningful theory of political development without treating ideas as fundamental causes of why societies differ and follow distinct development paths.”

      The reductionists tried to say that the ideas of the people in a nation had little to nothing to do with the development of that nations political institution but Fukuyama believes that ideas are a key aspect of the development.

    13. three

      In order for political institutions to be set up, you an accountable leader, rules that that leader must follow, and citizens who must follow the rules of the leaders.

    14. y and evolution, and a rejection
    15. devoted
      • Book focuses on how each society develops independently in different aspects.