Critical Theory And The End Of History Thesis: A Comparation

Is the "End of History" a triumph of liberty or the perfection of a prison? While Francis Fukuyama celebrates the global hegemony of Liberal Democracy as the apex of human political evolution, this paper deploys the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School to diagnose this "victory" as a catastrophic illusion. By juxtaposing Fukuyama’s linear optimism with the dialectical pessimism of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Marcuse, researcher argue that what Fukuyama identifies as the cessation of ideological conflict is actually the onset of "One-Dimensionality"—a state of total administration where dissent is suffocated by the comfort of the culture industry. This study exposes that the "End of History" is not the final liberation of humanity, but a sophisticated form of domination where the "Last Man" is too sedated by technological progress to realize he is no longer free. Researcher conclude that history has not ended; it has merely been silenced, demanding a renewed radical critique to shatter the status quo.