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Francis Fukuyama

Howard Jacobson

Philip Dodd

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Free Thinking: Howard Jacobson, Francis Fukuyama

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24/09/2014

Howard Jacobson, Francis Fukuyama

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Howard Jacobson, Francis Fukuyama

Philip Dodd is joined by political scientist Francis Fukuyama and author Howard Jacobson.

Presented by Philip Dodd. With political scientist Francis Fukuyama talking about the rise of liberal democracy and author Howard Jacobson talking about his new novel.

Francis Fukuyama and Howard Jacobson are interviewed by Philip Dodd.

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama published an essay which he titled ?The End of History?" He's just published Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy.

Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker prize in 210 for his comic novel The Finkler Question. His new book J is a dystopian love story.


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