The Present Age : Progress and Anarchy in Modern America /

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"Nisbet criticizes Woodrow Wilson's moralistic and militaristic foreign policy and desire for "progressive" social democracy and social engineering at home. His critique of the American "itch to intervene," rooted in "pious universalism," is quite relevant to...

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Autor principal: Nisbet, Robert A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, [2003]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
World politics.
State, The.
Social conditions.
Military readiness > Economic aspects.
Federal government.
Diplomatic relations.
Bureaucracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Politique mondiale > 1945-1989.
État.
Bureaucratie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World politics > 1945-1989.
Federal government > United States > History > 20th century.
Bureaucracy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Defense nationale > Aspect economique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Social conditions.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Defenses > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Nisbet criticizes Woodrow Wilson's moralistic and militaristic foreign policy and desire for "progressive" social democracy and social engineering at home. His critique of the American "itch to intervene," rooted in "pious universalism," is quite relevant to contemporary debates about humanitarian intervention. And his discussion of the "despotic" character of the modern state raises the question whether republican self-government can survive the relentless expansion of the state's concerns and responsibilities."--Jacket
"The Present Age, Robert Nisbet's analysis of the United States in the period after 1914, provides an original take on "the American century." This learned, elegantly written essay extends the analyses of Tocqueville and Bryce of the threats that bureaucracy, centralization, and creeping conformity post to liberty and individual independence in the Western world. Nisbet depicts the unprecedented "militarization" of American life in the decades after 1914 as a tragedy - the necessary resistance to National Socialist and Communist totalitarianism that fed into and reinforced the profound tendencies toward centralization in modern society."
Notas:Includes index.
Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1988.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (156 pages).
ISBN:9781614878445

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