Savage century: back to barbarism
At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale. Is it possible that today, in the early twenty-first century, we are on the verge of similar, tumultuous times? Blending a detailed knowledge of international security affairs with history, philosophy, psychology, and liter…
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- Full title :Savage century : back to barbarism / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch.
Summary
At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale. Is it possible that today, in the early twenty-first century, we are on the verge of similar, tumultuous times? Blending a detailed knowledge of international security affairs with history, philosophy, psychology, and literature, Th?r?se Delpech vividly reminds us of the signs and warnings that were missed as the ""civiliz
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- Publication Date:©2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xx, 211 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780870032325, 0870032321, 9780870032769, 0870032763
- oclc:ocn608430119
- LC Classification:JZ5588
- Dewey Decimal:327.101/12
Table of Contents
The telescope. Political responsibility ; The pleasure principle ; Ensavagement ; The corruption of principles -- 1905. Portents ; The birth of modernity ; An unforeseeable actor ; Against the grain -- The world in 2025. Foresight and memory ; Three bets for the future ; Open questions -- Back in 2005. The scene in 2005 ; Russia as it is ; The two Chinas ; North Korean blackmail ; The choice of the peoples ; The unity of the Western camp ; Rethinking nuclear weapons -- Epilogue: The human soul torn to pieces.
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