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... was in turmoil. In 1931, the king was deposed; within a year of the last lec- ture, Spain had descended into civil war. Ortega made his classroom a refuge where philosophy would continue to be taught despite the swelling barbarism. Throughout his arguments, there are echoes of Dewey’s pragmatism, Bergson’s...

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... and imperfect as it is, continues to be misunderstood and sometimes maligned. The “aesthetic” perfection of communism, Todorov argues, masks its dependence, even in hypothetical cases, on permanent revolution, struggle, vio- lence, and war. It appeals to those who long for some form of secular transcen...

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... is that the condition among nonstate societies was and is neither one of permanent war nor one of permanent peace but one of permanent peacelessness . Nonstate societies recognize the danger of warfare and take measures to reduce its likelihood, or at least try to mitigate its destructiveness. This article treats...

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...Richard Ned Lebow This contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium “Peace by Other Means” argues that the drive for self-esteem, achieved by gaining honor or standing, has been a root cause of violent conflict and war throughout history and that peace-making that does not take account of what...

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