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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Increasingly , it is defined by televisionthe prevailing purveyor of mass culture —
as the acquisition of goods and instant self - gratification more generally . The
utopian fanatic is in this fashion replaced by the insatiable consumer . In the age
of ...
Increasingly , it is defined by televisionthe prevailing purveyor of mass culture —
as the acquisition of goods and instant self - gratification more generally . The
utopian fanatic is in this fashion replaced by the insatiable consumer . In the age
of ...
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In fact , self - alteration is in part self - gratification . In the absence of any
deliberately defined criteria of choice , self - alteration may become as massive
as the technological and scientific onslaught on the natural environment that is
already ...
In fact , self - alteration is in part self - gratification . In the absence of any
deliberately defined criteria of choice , self - alteration may become as massive
as the technological and scientific onslaught on the natural environment that is
already ...
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... with the latter based on notions of self - restraint in social self - gratification .
The West ' s ecological movementwhatever may be said about some of its
specific advocacy — may be the first step toward such self - limitation . That may
prove to ...
... with the latter based on notions of self - restraint in social self - gratification .
The West ' s ecological movementwhatever may be said about some of its
specific advocacy — may be the first step toward such self - limitation . That may
prove to ...
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OUT OF CONTROL: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century
Comentariu Utilizator - KirkusA brilliant and principled analysis of the perilous state of a fractious world as it approaches another millennium. Brzezinski (The Grand Failure, 1989, etc.), director of the National Security ... Citiți recenzia completă
Out of control: global turmoil on the eve of the twenty-first century
Comentariu Utilizator - Not Available - Book VerdictPresident Carter's former national security adviser has produced his fourth book in ten years. The last one, The Grand Failure ( LJ 4/15/89), chronicled the decline of communism. This time, Brzezinski ... Citiți recenzia completă
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The Century of Megadeath | 7 |
The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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| 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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