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Nu, mer \u00e4n 70 \u00e5r senare, publiceras den f\u00f6r f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen.Avhandlingen utforskar id\u00e9er hos tre viktiga t\u00e4nkare ur den filosofiska och historiska v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndska tanketraditionen, p\u00e5 ett s\u00e4tt som \u00e4ven speglar Kissingers egen f\u00f6rflyttning fr\u00e5n den europeiska kontinenten \u00f6ver Atlanten: Oswald Spengler (18801936), en tysk historiker och filosof; Arnold Toynbee (18891975), en brittisk historiker och filosof; samt Immanuel Kant (17241804), en preussare fr\u00e5n den europeiska upplysningstiden och en av sin tids viktigaste filosofer.Texten brottas med n\u00e5gra av den v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndska politiska, filosofiska och moraliska tanketraditionens mest grundl\u00e4ggande dilemman. Den tar sin b\u00f6rjan vid upplysningstiden och forts\u00e4tter fram till mitten av 1900-talet en period som pr\u00e4glades av tv\u00e5 v\u00e4rldskrig och atom\u00e5lderns b\u00f6rjan. 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