| Description |
xiv, 135 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The battle of good against good -- The age of Dionysus -- Order: the ultimate necessity -- Order and necessity must be obeyed, even when they are unjust -- Order creates perpetual conflict between loyalty to the family and loyalty to the state -- The state becomes the wellspring of ambition -- Ambition and the struggle against tyranny and injustice -- War and its horrors -- Because war is ever-present, the burden of power is overwhelming -- Imperial wars are decided by fate -- From the suffering of heroes comes the essence of tragedy -- The truth is possessed only by the old and the blind -- Because different goods struggle against each other, we have consciences -- Time is ungrateful -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy.
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Power (Social sciences) -- History.
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International relations -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9780300268737 |
| ISBN |
0300263864 hardcover |
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9780300263862 hardcover |
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9780300268737 ePub ebook |
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