The political thinker became famous for declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Thirty-seven years on, he explains what he really meant and why he made the rare journey from right to left

More than 30 years after popularising the phrase “the end of history”, the political theorist and author is suspended between hope and resignation for the future of the West.

The political thinker became famous for declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Thirty-seven years on, he explains what he really meant and why he made the rare journey from…