Alexandre Kojève: Bureaucracy as the End of History (faz.net)

• Philosophical origins of European technocracy
• Kojève's influence on early EEC integration
• Conceptualizing the state as administrative maintenance

"Boris Groys reexamines the legacy of Alexandre Kojève, pivoting from his fame as a Hegel scholar to his role as a pivotal architect of European integration. Groys argues that Kojève’s 'End of History' theory was not abstract speculation but a guiding principle for his career as a Eurocrat. By managing the administrative machinery of the European Economic Community, Kojève aimed to cement a state of stable, technocratic equilibrium. This portrait highlights the transition from historical struggle to the permanence of bureaucratic governance as a core element of European project architecture."