The Geopolitics of Emotion

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  A rare but interesting theory

  Moïsi's view of the political and sociological world in terms of dominating tides of emotions is a fresh breeze in the world of political science literature.

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  presidentmoka said on Oct 8, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  A philosophical book with some political environment analysis

  Disclaimer: I have little knowledge in social sciences, and peruse this book out of curiosity and not academic needs.

  This book characterizes the nations' attitudes with three emotions - hope, fear, and humiliation, which the author argues are displays of the nations' self-confidence. It is an int ... (continue)

  Disclaimer: I have little knowledge in social sciences, and peruse this book out of curiosity and not academic needs.

  This book characterizes the nations' attitudes with three emotions - hope, fear, and humiliation, which the author argues are displays of the nations' self-confidence. It is an interesting analytical method of the current global issues, and offers some elementary but often-forgotten advice for the politicians. This book is a good starting point for beginners to explore different cultures.

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  HUI Chi Hang said on Mar 2, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  The rationale on which the book is based is that emotions can be applied and actually drive the life of nations as well as human beings. I do agree with this idea (let me say that I've always thought of Berlusconi as a sort of necessary step in the evolution process of the Italian psyche) and think ... (continue)

  The rationale on which the book is based is that emotions can be applied and actually drive the life of nations as well as human beings. I do agree with this idea (let me say that I've always thought of Berlusconi as a sort of necessary step in the evolution process of the Italian psyche) and think it is helpful to understand the big picture of the current geo-political situationa and the possible future scenarios. Mr Moisi - whom I had the pleasure to listen to at a conference a couple of years ago - does acknowledge that this approach can be seen heretical in geopolitics, dominated by economics and material self interest, but - with an easy writing - does demonstrates that it makes sense to enlarge the scope of the analysis, as Barack Obama's election - inter alia - should clearly show.

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  Steppenwolf said on Aug 7, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 192 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0385523769
• ISBN-13: 9780385523769
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Pub date: May 05, 2009
• Dimensions: 1510 mm x 1013 mm x 245 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Others and eBook

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