内容简介
Whatmakesindividualswithdivergentandoftenconflictinginterestsjointogetherandactinunison?Bydrawingonthefearofexternalthreats,thisbookdevelopsatheoryof'negativeassociation'thatexaminesthedynamicscapturedbythemaxim'Theenemyofmyenemyismyfriend'.ItthentracesitsrolefromGreekandRomanpoliticalthought,throughMachiavelliandthereasonofstatethinkers,andHobbesandhisemulatorsandcritics,totherealistsofthetwentiethcentury.Byfocusingontheroleoffearandenmityintheformationofindividualandgroupidentity,thisbookrevealsanimportanttraditioninthehistoryofpoliticalthoughtandoffersinsightsintotextsthatareconsideredfamiliar.Thisbookdemonstratesthatthefearofexternalthreatsisanessentialelementoftheformationandpreservationofpoliticalgroupsandthatitsabsencerenderspoliticalassociationunsustainable.
作者简介
IoannisD.EvrigenisisAssistantProfessorofPoliticalScienceandBernsteinFacultyFellowatTuftsUniversity.HeundertookhisgraduatestudiesattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandHarvardUniversity,wherehisdissertationwasawardedtheHerrnsteinPrize.Heisco-editorofJohannGottfriedHerder'sAnotherPhilosophyofHistoryandSelectedPoliticalWritings(2004)andtheauthorofchaptersandarticlesonThucydides,Plato,Aristotle,Machiavelli,Hobbes,Jefferson,andKoraes.