The Fruits of Victory - Couverture souple

Angell Sir, Sir Norman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1602068186 ISBN 13 : 9781602068186

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

War is dangerous for children and other living things. That 1960s antinuke cry is echoed here, in the past, in this 1921 classic of pacifistic philosophy. A sequel to the author's work The Great Illusion, this little-known but essential volume examines the psychological impulse to war and the economic futility of military power. Writing in the period between the world wars, the author discusses: . the old economy and the postwar state . nationality, economics, and the assertion of right . military predominance-and insecurity . patriotism and power in war and peace: the social outcome . and much more British journalist and politician SIR RALPH NORMAN ANGELL (1872-1967) was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism and a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union. Knighted in 1931, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. From 1905 to 1912, he was the Paris editor for the Daily Mail, and served as a Labour MP from 1929 to 1931. He is also the author of Peace Theories and the Balkan War.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The central conclusion suggested by the following analysis of the events of the paist few years is that, underlying the disruptive processes so evidently at work especially in the international field is the deep-rooted instinct to the assertion of domination, preponderant power. This impulse, sanctioned and strengthened by prevai Ung traditions of mystic patriotism, has been unguided and unchecked by any adequate rea Usation either of its anti-social quality, the destructiveness inseparable from its operation, or its ineffectiveness to ends indispensable to civihsation. The psychological roots of the impulse are so deep that we shall continue to 3n Leld to it until we realise more fully its danger and inadequacy to certain vital ends like sustenance for our people, and come to see that if civilisation is to be carried on we must turn to other motives. We may then develop a new po Utical tradition, which will discipline instinct, as the tradition of toleration disciphned religious fanaticism when that passion threatened to shatter European society. Herein lies the importance of demonstrating the economic futility of mi Utary power. While it may be true that conscious economic motives enter very Httle into the struggle of nations, and are a very small part of the passions of patriotism and nationalism, it is by a realisation of the economic truth regarding the indispensable condition of adequate life, that those passions will be checked, or redirected and civilised. This does not mean that economic considerations should dominate Ufe, but rather the contrary that those considerations will dominate it if the economic truth is neglected. A people that starves is a people thinking only of material things food. The way to dispose of economic pre-occupations is to solve the economic problem. The bearing of this argument on that developed by the present writer in a p
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1602068186
• ISBN 13: 9781602068186
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible