The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution [Fukuyama, Francis] on Amazon.com. is best known for the post-Hegelian end-of-history … It covers political history and philosophy and I bought it on the basis that it would be something like an updated version of G.H. Fukuyama (Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States, 2008, etc.) The Origins of Political Order is volume one of a two-volume work, and Fukuyama says the second book will take the argument up to the present (this one ends with the French revolution). Sabine’s phenomenal, earlier work on political theory (A History of Political Theory). In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling The End of History and the Last Man, provides a sweeping account of how today’s basic political institutions developed. THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER FROM PREHUMAN TIMES TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by Francis Fukuyama ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2011 Sweeping, provocative big-picture study of humankind’s political impulses. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. After reading Francis Fukuyamas excellent Political Order and Political Decay a few years ago, I made a note at some point to go back and read the first volume of his work on the subject. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, is intended to provide a account of how today's basic political institutions developed. The Origins of Political Order is a very ambitious attempt at explaining how modern state-centric societies arose in human history. The Origins of Political Order is the first part of Francis Fukuyama’s story of political history and theory. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution Now The Origins of Political Order revisits these two issues, among others, to provide an overview of political evolution.