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The future of mankind / Karl Jaspers ; translated by E.B. Ashton.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, [1961]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
World politics > 1955-1965.
Atomic bomb.

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