Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first CenturyRarely has there been a book as explosive and challenging as this brilliant analysis of today's massive geopolitical disorder. The triumphant collapse of communism has brought neither economic stability nor social democracy to the former Soviet Union. Nor, for that matter, to the rest of the world. We are living in a time of fragmentation: increasing disunity in Europe, dangerous eruptions in the Islamic republics, growing disparity between the world's rich and poor, and the evils of the "permissive cornucopia" in America which, through overstimulation of material desires and sensual self-gratification, is leading to the collapse of Western moral and spiritual values. In short, we are living in a philosophical climate that is "out of control". It is Zbigniew Brzezinski's firm belief that we must draw both moral and political lessons from the "megadeaths" of the twentieth century, a century in which at least 167 million people were slaughtered in the name of the "politics of organized insanity", or the "metamyths" of such dictators as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, among others. Unless we can practice selfrestraint derived from a moral commitment in the quest for global democratic "interdependence", we stand destined to risk again our very own survival. |
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... and resentment of the global elites residing in the Northern Hemisphere — and
of their homegrown , West - imitating and hence culturally deracinated
counterparts — could produce intensified political passions , susceptible to Out of
Control.
... and resentment of the global elites residing in the Northern Hemisphere — and
of their homegrown , West - imitating and hence culturally deracinated
counterparts — could produce intensified political passions , susceptible to Out of
Control.
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In the long run , it is the items in the second and third categories that are less
likely to prove susceptible to decisive correction . Though the mainly economic
agenda implied by the first category may appear to be overwhelming , it is in fact
the ...
In the long run , it is the items in the second and third categories that are less
likely to prove susceptible to decisive correction . Though the mainly economic
agenda implied by the first category may appear to be overwhelming , it is in fact
the ...
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A Europe that falters in its efforts to unite , necessarily then more preoccupied
with containing Germany ' s power and perhaps also worried about Russia ' s
longer - range intentions , is more likely to be susceptible to some form of indirect
...
A Europe that falters in its efforts to unite , necessarily then more preoccupied
with containing Germany ' s power and perhaps also worried about Russia ' s
longer - range intentions , is more likely to be susceptible to some form of indirect
...
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The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century A Robert Stewart book Oxford Historical Monographs Touchstone book |
| Autor | Zbigniew Brzezinski |
| Editor | Robert Stewart |
| Ediție | ilustrată |
| Editor | Scribner, 1993 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Michigan |
| Scanată la | 12 Iun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0684196301, 9780684196305 |
| Lungime | 240 pagini |
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