Criticizing the Theory of the End of History based on Islamic Anthropology

The history of human life, especially in the last half-century, has represented the ideological conflicts of schools of thought on providing a final model for governance and achieving happiness for the members of society. Fukuyama, based on Hegel's philosophy of history and Kojo's reading of writing (Master and Servant) and the collapse of the Soviet Union, proposed the view that the world would eventually witness the domination of liberal democracy as the supreme idea of government. With the revelation of the defects of the liberal democratic governments, the experts gave serious criticism to this theory. In the present study, the theory of the end of history and the dominance of liberal democracy was examined from the perspective of Islamic anthropology with the typological-comparative method. As a result, liberal democracy cannot be considered as a chosen idea for the happiness of human societies, because the main core of this theory is the centrality of man and his comprehensive freedom, while it does not have a correct idea about human nature. The main problems of today's society are also rooted in this issue. The correct definition of man and his life can be found in Islamic teachings, and due to the fact that there is a true understanding of human beings in Islamic teachings, it has been introduced as the best form of governance in Islam, which is the rule of the infallible Imam. This model of government will be fully realized during the advent and this is the best end that the world will have.

کلیدواژه ها:

Islamic anthropology ، end of history ، government ، Fukuyama ، liberal democracy