Ethics in a World of Power: The Political Ideas of Friedrich Meinecke

Richard W. Sterling

Published by Princeton University Press 1958

Ethics in a World of Power

The Political Ideas of Friedrich Meinecke

Richard W. Sterling

Volume 1995 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400876259

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Writing from a country shattered by two World Wars and by Nazi barbarism, Friedrich Meinecke, Germany's foremost historian of this century, was deeply troubled by the problem of reconciling power and justice in international affairs. This study of his political philosophy traces his thinking about nationalism and power politics, the dilemmas that beset the man of action in political life, and the possibility of "ethics in a world of power." Historians, political scientists, philosophers, and students of international affairs will welcome this further contribution to a theme highlighted by such contemporary spokesmen as George Kennan m1d Reinhold Niebuhr. The author studied under Meinecke and used primary sources in Germany.

Originally published in 1958.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. THE NATION-STATE: THE IDEAL POLITICAL COMMUNITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
CHAPTER III. COSMOPOLITANISM AS A POLITICAL ILLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
CHAPTER IV. STATE AND NATION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER V. THE STATE AS A POWER ORGANIZATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
CHAPTER VI. THE STATE AS A CULTURAL INSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
CHAPTER VII. WORLD WAR I: THE POLARITY OF POWER AND CULTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
CHAPTER VIII. DEFEAT AND REVOLUTION: THE POLARITY OF POWER AND CULTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
CHAPTER IX. THE UBIQUITY OF POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
CHAPTER X. RAISON D'ETAT AND THE PRIMACY OF THE STATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
CHAPTER XI. THE PRIMACY OF THE INDIVIDUAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
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