Reviews
Virginia PostrelLos Angeles TimesInnovative...engaging....Fukuyama provides a lucid course in "one of the mostimportant intellectual developments of the late twentieth century.", Linda ChavezThe Washington TimesWith another presidential campaign gearing up -- and the inevitable discussion of family values that each election brings --The Great Disruptionought to be required reading among both parties' candidates., Walter Kirn New York Magazine Fukuyama is no alarmist -- he's too cool for that, too academic and wedded to the sociological long view -- but now and then he spins a nightmare scenario....Fukuyama draws on a dozen disciplines, from game theory to genetics, to make his case that stable states arise naturally from chaotic interludes the way Sunday morning follows Saturday night., Michael KazinThe Washington Post Book WorldFukuyama is one of the few American intellectuals of any ideological bent capable of training a knowledge of world history and a grasp of social theory on topics of undeniable contemporary significance., Anthony GottliebThe New York Times Book ReviewFrancis Fukuyama is an analyst who does not, intellectually speaking, get out of bed for anything less than the all-encompassing grand sweep of history....His new book,The Great Disruption,tackles social and moral development on the same grand scale as his earlier work., Linda Chavez The Washington Times With another presidential campaign gearing up -- and the inevitable discussion of family values that each election brings -- The Great Disruption ought to be required reading among both parties' candidates., Alan Ehrenhalt The Wall Street Journal One of the ways we learn about dramatic social change in the 1990s is that Francis Fukuyama shows up to tell us it is happening....He asks large questions; and he changes the agenda of public debate. We are still talking about The End of History. I imagine we will be talking about The Great Disruption for quite a while., Alan EhrenhaltThe Wall Street JournalOne of the ways we learn about dramatic social change in the 1990s is that Francis Fukuyama shows up to tell us it is happening....He asks large questions; and he changes the agenda of public debate. We are still talking aboutThe End of History.I imagine we will be talking aboutThe Great Disruptionfor quite a while., Michael Kazin The Washington Post Book World Fukuyama is one of the few American intellectuals of any ideological bent capable of training a knowledge of world history and a grasp of social theory on topics of undeniable contemporary significance., Charles MurrayCommentaryThe Great Disruptiontakes on questions that go to the heart of social policy writ large. It is written with never-failing lucidity, brings together vast and disparate literatures, and makes one think in new ways about the prospects of post-industrial society. That is quite enough for one book., George Scialabba The Boston Globe [Fukuyama] has made out a great deal in this book and his previous books, and will undoubtedly teach us a great deal more. Three seminal books in a mere seven years. What next?, Charles Murray Commentary The Great Disruption takes on questions that go to the heart of social policy writ large. It is written with never-failing lucidity, brings together vast and disparate literatures, and makes one think in new ways about the prospects of post-industrial society. That is quite enough for one book., Walter KirnNew York MagazineFukuyama is no alarmist -- he's too cool for that, too academic and wedded to the sociological long view -- but now and then he spins a nightmare scenario....Fukuyama draws on a dozen disciplines, from game theory to genetics, to make his case that stable states arise naturally from chaotic interludes the way Sunday morning follows Saturday night., Michael KazinThe Washington Post Book WorldFukuyama is one of the few American intellectuals of any ideological bent capable of training a knowledge of world history and a grasp of socialtheory on topics of undeniable contemporary significance., Virginia PostrelLos Angeles TimesInnovative...engaging....Fukuyama provides a lucid course in "one of the most important intellectual developments of the late twentieth century.", Virginia Postrel Los Angeles Times Innovative...engaging....Fukuyama provides a lucid course in "one of the most important intellectual developments of the late twentieth century.", Andrew Ferguson The Weekly Standard The Great Disruption is a learned and impressive work, ranging easily across disciplines, combining fact and argument in subtle and unexpected ways., Anthony Gottlieb The New York Times Book Review Francis Fukuyama is an analyst who does not, intellectually speaking, get out of bed for anything less than the all-encompassing grand sweep of history....His new book, The Great Disruption, tackles social and moral development on the same grand scale as his earlier work., George ScialabbaThe Boston Globe[Fukuyama] has made out a great deal in this book and his previous books, and will undoubtedly teach us a great deal more. Three seminal books in a mere seven years. What next?
Table of Content
Contents Acknowledgments Part ONE: The Great Disruption 1. Playing by the Rules 2. Crime, Family, Trust: What Happened 3. Causes: The Conventional Wisdom 4. Causes: Demographic, Economic, and Cultural 5. The Special Role of Women 6. Consequences of the Great Disruption 7. Was the Great Disruption Inevitable? Part TWO: On the Genealogy of Morals 8. Where Do Norms Come From? 9. Human Nature and Social Order 10. The Origins of Cooperation 11. Self-Organization 12. Technology, Networks, and Social Capital 13. The Limits of Spontaneity and the Inevitability of Hierarchy 14. Beyond Cave 76 Part THREE: the great reconstruction 15. Does Capitalism Deplete Social Capital? 16. Reconstructions Past, Present, and Future Appendix: Additional Data and Sources Notes Bibliography Index
