The 1950s was a decade of great optimism as economic reconstruction after World War II brought economic growth and prosperity. During the 1960s, unemployment was relatively low in the West and families experienced rising incomes. The 1970s saw the triumphs of revolutions in Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua and Vietnam. The 1980s witnessed the consolidation of neoliberal agenda as Western governments sought to ‘roll back’ anticapitalist movements. The 1990s could be termed as era of chaotic world order. After the Persian Gulf War, the ‘triumph of capitalism’ saw genocide committed in Eastern Europe and Africa. I would argue that, given the global ecological crisis, if we assume, as with postmodernism, that all is difference and there is no basis for universal human struggle toward utopia, we truly will see the end of history.
