Out of control: global turmoil on the eve of the twenty-first centuryAs we rush toward the 21st century, former Director of the National Security Council Brzezinski takes time out to issue an "urgent warning" about the current state of global politics. He believes we are in peril of repeating the "megadeath" of this century--a century that has witnessed the slaughter of 187 million people in the name of politics. |
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Recognition of the notable acceleration in the velocity of our history and the
uncertainty of its trajectory is the necessary point of departure for my argument.
History has not ended but has become compressed. Whereas in the past,
historical ...
Recognition of the notable acceleration in the velocity of our history and the
uncertainty of its trajectory is the necessary point of departure for my argument.
History has not ended but has become compressed. Whereas in the past,
historical ...
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denned sense of historical progression, history today entails sharp discontinuities
that collide with each other, condense our sense of perspective, and confuse our
historical perceptions. In other words, we live in a world that is already in fact ...
denned sense of historical progression, history today entails sharp discontinuities
that collide with each other, condense our sense of perspective, and confuse our
historical perceptions. In other words, we live in a world that is already in fact ...
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No single individual willed that it should be so, but countless individuals
spontaneously partook of a historical aspiration and were committed to its
attainment. But will alone — individual and collective — will not suffice. The
emergence of great ...
No single individual willed that it should be so, but countless individuals
spontaneously partook of a historical aspiration and were committed to its
attainment. But will alone — individual and collective — will not suffice. The
emergence of great ...
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The Century of Megadeath | 7 |
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 |
| Autor | Zbigniew Brzezinski |
| Editor | Collier Books, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0020081154, 9780020081159 |
| Lungime | 240 pagini |
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