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Scruton on Fukuyama

June 01, 2006

Roger Scruton must have read some René Girard lately, as his influence is apparent toward the end of this takedown of Francis Fukuyama. Scruton suggests, cryptically, that apart from failing to take account of phenomena Girard is well known for analyzing (ressentiment, scapegoating), Fukuyama has an essentially Girardian view of history and Christianity–which Scruton disagrees with.

I wonder why he disagrees, but he is correct. J. Bottom at FT appears to share Fukuyama’s Hegelianesque Girardian view of history, which I have criticized elsewhere.

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