{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Interrogating Liberalism with Francis Fukuyama","description":"After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early \u201890s, political scientist Francis Fukuyama argued that humankind had reached its ideological end as more countries embraced liberal democracy. Today, this theory has come under greater scrutiny, and people across the political spectrum are dissatisfied with this system. In this episode of On the Frontlines of Democracy, Francis Fukuyama and Sanjay Ruparelia discuss the pitfalls of liberalism, and whether or not its merits outweigh its shortcomings.  Show Notes: In this episode of On The Frontlines of Democracy, host Sanjay Ruparelia sits down with Stanford professor and political scientist Francis Fukuyama to discuss the philosophy of classical liberalism and the modern-day growing discontent with liberal democracy.  Host: Sanjay Ruparelia, Jarislowsky Democracy Chair and Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. Guest: Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and professor with the Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law.    Background Reading:  Francis Fukuyama\u2019s Liberalism and its Discontents  Francis Fukuyama\u2019s The End of History Francis Fukuyama\u2019s More Proof That This Really Is The End Of History Alexis de Tocqueville\u2019s Democracy in America  James Tully\u2019s An Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Contexts Karl Marx\u2019s Capital: Critique of Political Economy Michel Foucault\u2019s The Order of Things Michel Foucault\u2019s Discipline and Punishment      ","author_name":"On the Frontlines of Democracy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jarislowskydemocracychair.ca\/frontlines-of-democracy","html":"