Another end of history

In 1989 it seemed that, in the spirit of Fukuyama's quote, the end of history had come and that the West had emerged victorious. Today it looks a bit different. The award-winning historian Philipp Ther explores in essayistic form the question of where it all comes from. It is based on Karl Polanyi's groundbreaking work on the Great Transformation and thematically covers developments in the US from the time of Bill Clinton to the end of Donald Trump's presidency, Germany's journey of transformation after reunification, and why Russia and Turkey have drifted so far away from Europe. This updated edition now also comments on the Covid era and the Russian war in Ukraine.