书目

Fear of Enemies and Collective Action

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.

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