Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first CenturyCollier Books, 1994 - 240 pagini As 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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Pagina 63
... individual greed . One can go on and speak also of religion in this context . The denial of freedom of worship produced widespread resentment . But individual resentment is not the same as the social accep- tance of religion as a ...
... individual greed . One can go on and speak also of religion in this context . The denial of freedom of worship produced widespread resentment . But individual resentment is not the same as the social accep- tance of religion as a ...
Pagina 65
... individual desires , in a setting in which individual and collec- tive hedonism becomes the dominant motive for behavior . The combination of the erosion of moral criteria in defining personal conduct with the emphasis on material goods ...
... individual desires , in a setting in which individual and collec- tive hedonism becomes the dominant motive for behavior . The combination of the erosion of moral criteria in defining personal conduct with the emphasis on material goods ...
Pagina 117
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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The Century of Megadeath | 7 |
The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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