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Fear of enemies and collective action /
What makes individuals with divergent and often conflicting interests join together and act in unison? By drawing on the fear of external threats, this book develops a theory of 'negative association' that examines the dynamics captured by the maxim 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What makes individuals with divergent and often conflicting interests join together and act in unison? By drawing on the fear of external threats, this book develops a theory of 'negative association' that examines the dynamics captured by the maxim 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'. It then traces its role from Greek and Roman political thought, through Machiavelli and the reason of state thinkers, and Hobbes and his emulators and critics, to the realists of the twentieth century. By focusing on the role of fear and enmity in the formation of individual and group identity, this book reveals an important tradition in the history of political thought and offers insights into texts that are considered familiar. This book demonstrates that the fear of external threats is an essential element of the formation and preservation of political groups and that its absence renders political association unsustainable. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511378652 0511378653 9780511509636 0511509634 9780521886208 0521886201 9786611243197 6611243194 1107186706 9781107186705 1281243191 9781281243195 0511377762 9780511377761 0511376855 9780511376856 0511375913 9780511375910 0511374410 9780511374418 |