The divisive impacts of identity politics laid bare by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order and The End of History.

If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. This book examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. It starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions.

An acclaimed defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher