Francis Fukuyama refers to the type of people who have been able to realize themselves in many different areas. He is a renowned specialist in fields such as philosophy, political science and economics. In addition, he revealed his potential as a writer, giving the world several significant books and many articles on various topics.
early years
His story began in Chicago in 1952, when Francis Fukuyama was born into a family of Japanese immigrants. The resettlement of the Fukuyama family began with the grandfather of Francis, who fled to the United States from the Russo-Japanese war. His father received a doctorate degree in America, so it can be said that the boy was brought up in an environment in which the thirst for knowledge dominated. At school, the future political scientist made great strides, but he never paid much attention to his native language and culture. What areas for further study did young Francis Fukuyama choose? The biography of his subsequent years proves that academism really took a central place in the life of a future scientist.
Education
After graduating from school, Francis enters Cornell University, where he studies political philosophy. He left Bachelor of Arts and decided to continue his education at Yale University in the field of comparative literature. After spending 6 months in Paris, he realized that this area is not suitable for him, as a result of which he decides to study political science at Harvard. There he managed to successfully defend a doctoral dissertation in philosophy on the topic of the policy of Soviet intervention in the Middle East. Almost immediately after the defense, he tries himself as a lecturer at universities in California. As you can see, Fukuyama devoted himself entirely to science, being able to touch upon the most extensive areas and ultimately deciding which of them were closest to him.
Career
Francis Fukuyama devoted almost 10 years of his life to work in the research center of RAND Corporation, of which he remains a consultant to this day. One of the main achievements in life and points on the track record is the position of Mediterranean Cooperation Specialist in the US Department of State. He later becomes deputy director for military-political relations in Europe. Thanks to this, he became a member of the negotiating delegation on Palestinian autonomy. This experience is an invaluable treasure on the life path of Francis Fukuyama, because belonging to the Reagan administration, and then George W. Bush, significantly increased his authority, which provided him with many opportunities for subsequent activities.
Scientific activities and publications
In which only well-known and prestigious institutions did Francis Fukuyama work. A brief biography of the last 20 years of his life says that during this time he managed to visit the professorship of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Policy . He also held a dominant position in the political development program at the School of Advanced International Studies at the University of Supremacy. Since 2012, he became an employee of the Institute for International Studies of Freeman Spoli of Stanford University, where he is also a specialist at the Center for Democracy, Development and Law. And this is not the whole list of institutions in which Fukuyama was due to his high authority. However, the publication of the book “The End of History and the Last Man”, which was based on his own scientific article, brought him real fame. Both of these works led to a wide discussion of the basic concepts and ideas of the scientist, which was greatly facilitated by the release period of the work, 1992, the period when the Soviet Union only recently fell.
Other works by Francis are no less fundamental. There are many fascinating interviews with Fukuyama and articles on various topics written by this scientist in the public domain.
Key research and perspectives
Over the years of scientific activity, he managed to study the specifics of many problems, covering several time periods and stages of development of world politics. Naturally, during this time, the scientist's views on various issues changed. He devotes most of his attention to issues of international cooperation, government and the political regimes of our time, as well as economic systems. He is distinguished by a subtle instinct and ability to predict through a comprehensive study of the determinants and prerequisites of certain phenomena in states.
Due to the specifics of the work, there are practically no countries left in the world that Francis Fukuyama would not have visited. The photo above was taken by him during his stay in Sydney, and the high quality of the picture proves the presence of another hobby, which is not so widely known. The example of Fukuyama deserves to be imitated, because rarely anyone succeeds in so successfully realizing themselves in their favorite field and at the same time not forget about a hobby.