A World Without Meaning: The Crisis of Meaning in International Politics

Type

Book

Authors

Zaki Laidi

ISBN 10

0415167183

ISBN 13

9780415167185

Tags

International & World Politics, History & Theory, Leadership, Political History, International Relations

Description

In this provocative and incisive book, Zaki Laidi argues that as our world becomes ever larger, our ability to find meaning in it diminishes. With the end of communism came the end of the intimate alliance between power and ideology. No power in our globalised world can any longer claim to provide meaning. In despair we look back to old models (religious traditions, nationalism, ethnicity) to give us a sense of identity. But in a globalised world in a permanent state of flux, just how effective are these old certainties? - from Amzon

Number of Copies