| Description |
xxiii, 418 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
An old question asked anew. Our pessimism ; The weakness of strong states I ; The weakness of strong states II, or, eating pineapples on the moon ; The worldwide liberal revolution -- The old age of mankind. An idea for a universal history ; The mechanism of desire ; No barbarians at the gates ; Accumulation without end ; The victory of the VCR ; In the land of education ; The former question answered ; No democracy without democrats -- The struggle for recognition. In the beginning, a battle to the death for pure prestige ; The first man ; A vacation in Bulgaria ; The beast with red cheeks ; The rise and fall of Thymos ; Lordship and bondage ; The universal and homogeneous state -- Leaping over Rhodes. The coldest of all cold monsters ; The thymotic origins of work ; Empires of resentment, empires of deference ; The unreality of "realism" ; The power of the powerless ; National Interest ; Toward a pacific union -- The last man. In the realm of freedom ; Men without chests ; Free and unequal ; Perfect rights and defective duties ; Immense wars of the spirit. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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| ISBN |
0029109752 |
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