Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple : Global Discord in the New Millennium /

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Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, d...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Schweller, Randall L. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Framtidsstudier.
Prognoser.
Internationella relationer.
Internationell politik.
Weltordnung
Unordnung
Prognose
Internationale Politik
World politics > Forecasting.
Twenty-first century.
International relations > Forecasting.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Vingt et unieme siecle > Previsions.
Organisation internationale > Prevision.
Politique mondiale > 21e siecle > Prevision.
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.
International organization > Forecasting.
World politics > 21st century > Forecasting.
Forecasts.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. "In the coming age," Schweller writes, "disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to ... entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe." Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app "Angry Birds"--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations. --Provided by publisher.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421412788

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