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Beschreibung
This book argues that modern politics has reached the end of its tether. It contends that the modern political paradigm—that is, the body of political concepts and beliefs bequeathed to people by the Enlightenment—is no longer intellectually tenable or practically viable.
This book argues that modern politics has reached the end of its tether. It contends that the modern political paradigm—that is, the body of political concepts and beliefs bequeathed to people by the Enlightenment—is no longer intellectually tenable or practically viable.
Über den Autor
William Ophuls is a former member of the U.S. Foreign Service and has taught political science at Northwestern University. He is the author of Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity, which won the International Studies Association's Sprout Prize and the American Political Science Association's Kammerer Award.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Moral Entropy -- Electronic Barbarism -- Predatory Development -- Fallacious Affluence -- Fraudulent Abundance -- Irrational Reason -- Intrinsic Totalitarianism -- Democratic Despotism -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Note
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780813335162
ISBN-10: 0813335167
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ophuls, William
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: William Ophuls
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.02.1998
Gewicht: 0,553 kg
Artikel-ID: 128441897