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What is The Future of Mankind about?

342 pages ; 24 cm One of the century's great philosophers assesses man's ability to stand up to the grimmest threat the world has ever known--nuclear warfare Translation of: Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen The new fact -- Initial political thinking about the new fact -- The power of the ethical idea -- Sacrifice -- The military situation -- The end of colonialism -- Freedom and totalitarianism -- Russia, the west, and the question of neutrality -- The United Nations -- Total rule or atom bomb? -- Changing situations -- The scientists and the "new way of thinking" -- Reason -- The rational statesman -- Substitutes for reason -- Reason and irrationlity in our historic-political knowledge of the world -- Reason and democracy -- Fear and confidence

Author

E. B. Ashton

Publisher

[Chicago]: University of Chicago Press

Published

1961

Language

EN

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities