The Great Disruption
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Synopsis
First Francis Fukuyama asked are we at the 'End of History' now that communism has gone? Then, in 'Trust', he looked at the glue that holds societies together. And now in The Great Disruption: why - as we have moved from an industrial economy to an information society have divorce, crime, drug addiction and social chaos increased so much, and why do things seem to be taking a turn for the better now?
Book details
Published
20/04/2000
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN
9781861972170
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UK Kirkus review
Of all theorists on the social and economic state of the world Fukuyama has an unerring ability to hit the nail on the head. While others are still writing of the consequences of the movement from the industrial to the information age, he is looking ahead to a new social order which he claims is already in a germination period. While technology has replaced mass production and brought with it a fissure in society that leads to more poverty, an increase in crime and a breakdown of family structure, governments are no longer able to impose order upon the state. However, Fukuyama argues that we are biologically driven to reassert moral values and recreate a new form of social order. (Kirkus UK)
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