Democracy of the last man: The politics of demographic imagination
In association with SEESOX
In the wake of the Cold war Francis Fukuyama portrayed the “last man” as free but devoid of ambitions, polite but unheroic, somebody castrated by the satisfaction of his desires but a very agreeable fellow. He is married to democracy, but we suspect no more in love with it. The “last man” of this lecture is a different one. He has arrived when history has returned. He is anxious and mistrustful. He is overtaken by demographic anxiety. He thinks he lives in the dregs of time. He tends to believe that the next elections should be the last elections.
Why is he so terrified. And where he comes from? And what can we expect from him? And how will he change our idea of democracy?
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:00
Venue: St Antony's College - Main Site, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Speaker: Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria)
Organising department: European Studies Centre
Organiser contact email address: julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Part of: The ESC Annual Lecture
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Julie Adams