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In its general features, globalization is the process of formation of a new world order,which is characterized by a common economic, political, socio-cultural and technologicalaspects. At the end of the 20th century the works of the American scientist and political figure F.Fukuyama became the subject of considerable debate. He expressed his understanding of themain trends of modern historical development and globalization in his concept of the philosophyof history i.e. «the end of history». This concept has rather important theoretical significance forexplaining the essence and prospects of globalization processes and modern geopoliticalstrategies.F. Fukuyama refers to the historiosophical paradigm of historical progress, according towhich history has certain internal content and direction, thus, humanity is moving towards moreequitable and free social order based on liberal democracy. This paradigm took shape in thephilosophy of the Enlightenment. It was focused on understanding the logic of the progressivehistorical development of mankind.Like Hegel, F. Fukuyama believes that «the end of history» means that there will be nomore progress in the development of principles and institutions of social order, since all majorissues will be resolved. That was exactly that kind of state that the world reached at the end ofthe 20th century, when the ideas of liberalism (liberal democracy) as the highest embodiment offreedom from Fukuyama's point of view won in almost the whole world. In order to substantiatehis concept of the «end of history», F. Fukuyama indicates that the communist ideology and thesocialist countries were economically and ideologically defeated and there are no forces able tochallenge liberal democracies led by the United States of America. Thus, the ideology ofliberalism will gradually translate into the economic and political spheres, which in its turn willcontribute to the strengthening of the liberal ideology. The concept of the «end of history»,isbased on the paradigm of progressive historical development. It is rather contradictory, and thatdid not escape the attention of Fukuyama critics. First, the tragic events of the 20th century(totalitarian regimes, fascism, world wars, cold war, etc.) brought disappointment in theparadigm of the progressive historical process; second, critics see the Fukuyama concept as anapology for the expansionary US foreign policy; third, there are alternative concepts of history,such as, the «clash of civilizations» by S. Huntington.However, the multifaceted nature of historical development cannot be «squeezed» intoany theoretical schemes, which in various aspects reflect certain angles of multidimensionalworld development. The debate about the logic of the modern historical process will continuefurther, because almost every researcher offers his own interpretation of the concept of history,and, consequently, of the historical process itself. But it is always a productive dispute in thesense that it forces people to rethink their past, to comprehend the present and look into thefuture. ; В статті дається коротка характеристика глобалізаційних процесів,розглядаються основні положення концепції «кінця історії» Ф. Фукуями як такої, щовідповідає парадигмі прогресивного історичного процесу і загальним тенденціямглобалізації. Також в статті автор наводить приклади критичного відношення допоглядів Ф. Фукуями, порівнює концепцію «кінця історії» з концепцією «зіткненняцивілізацій», робить висновок про сумісність протилежних поглядів на історичнийпроцес.