Bibliograph

The tragic mind, fear, fate, and the burden of power, Robert D. Kaplan

Type

Label

The tragic mind, fear, fate, and the burden of power, Robert D. Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The tragic mind

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1309864440

Responsibility statement

Robert D. Kaplan

Sub title

fear, fate, and the burden of power

Summary

"A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface -- The battle of good against good -- The age of Dionysus -- Order: the ultimate necessity -- Order and necessity must be obeyed, even when they are unjust -- Order creates perpetual conflict between loyalty to the family and loyalty to the state -- The state becomes the wellspring of ambition -- Ambition and the struggle against tyranny and injustice -- War and its horrors -- Because war is ever-present, the burden of power is overwhelming -- Imperial wars are decided by fate -- From the suffering of heroes comes the essence of tragedy -- The truth is possessed only by the old and the blind -- Because different goods struggle against each other, we have consciences -- Time is ungrateful -- Epilogue

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