Panaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics

by Adam Roberts (Designer), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Author), Adam Roberts (Designer), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Author)

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Hardcover
1993
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Responsible for the collapse of empires ranging from the Ottoman to the Soviet, self-determination has been one of the key factors in the history of the entire twentieth century. Surprisingly, scholars have been slow to appreciate the value of ethnicity as a way of understanding the key political developments of our times. In this challenging new book, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan draws on a rich and diverse fund of historical and contemporary examples to trace the history and illustrate the considerable predictive powers of ethnic studies. In particular, he shows how ethnicity confounded Marx's hopes for an international proletariat and reveals how an inability to grasp the importance of ethnic diversity left the West unprepared for the disintegration of the Communist bloc. About the author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan has been been the senior US Senator from New York since 1976 and is the only man in American history to have served in the cabinet or sub-cabinet of four successive presidents. He is also a highly distinguished academic, having taught at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Syracuse, Cornell, and New York Universities and been lauded with an astonishing 55 honorary degrees.

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Responsible for the collapse of empires ranging from the Ottoman to the Soviet, self-determination has been one of the key factors in the history of the entire twentieth century. Surprisingly, scholars have been slow to appreciate the value of ethnicity as a way of understanding the key political developments of our times. In this challenging new book, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan draws on a rich and diverse fund of historical and contemporary examples to trace the history and illustrate the considerable predictive powers of ethnic studies. In particular, he shows how ethnicity confounded Marx's hopes for an international proletariat and reveals how an inability to grasp the importance of ethnic diversity left the West unprepared for the disintegration of the Communist bloc. About the author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan has been been the senior US Senator from New York since 1976 and is the only man in American history to have served in the cabinet or sub-cabinet of four successive presidents. He is also a highly distinguished academic, having taught at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Syracuse, Cornell, and New York Universities and been lauded with an astonishing 55 honorary degrees.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 25 Mar 1993
ISBN 10: 9780198277
ISBN 13: 9780198277873
Book Overview: A New York Times Book of the Year 1993

Media Reviews

a brilliant work of utmost importance ... Senator Moynihan has addressed the issue [of ethnic conflict] with a rare combination of skills and experience ... This is assuredly a book no other living person could have written. * Milton M. Gordon, University of Massachusetts *
Today as much as-perhaps even more than-ever, ethnicity makes the world go round. And bleed. So, too, does careless talk about the right of 'self-determination when an armed ethnic group is the 'self . Because Moynihan has written this passionate essay, we have been warned. * George F. Will *

Author Bio

`a national treasure ... No one is better at putting an issue in historical context and making it relevant.' Senator Bill Bradley, in the Wall Street Journal Daniel Patrick Moynihan has been been the senior US Senator from New York since 1976 and is the only man in American history to have served in the cabinet or sub-cabinet of four successive presidents. He is also a highly distinguished academic, having taught at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Syracuse, Cornell, and New York Universities and been lauded with an astonishing 55 honorary degrees. Local interests: Senator Moynihan is an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science and is from an Irish family.