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THE GREAT EXPERIMENT: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Author: Yascha Mounk
Publisher: Penguin
Price: Rs 1,990
Pages: 368
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LIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Author: Francis Fukuyama
Publisher: Profile Books
Price: Rs 499
Pages: 192
The philosopher Francis Fukuyama is probably best known for a misinterpretation of his work. His 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, was assumed to be a statement of fact rather than the description of a process. He has been defending himself ever since: “The word ‘end’ was not meant in the sense of ‘termination’ but ‘target’ or ‘objective,’” he wrote in 2019. The Soviet Union
