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Article: Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust.(Book Review)
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- Ethics & International Affairs
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- December 1, 2004
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Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust, Ira Katznelson (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 208 pp., $29 cloth, $17.50 paper.
Civilization is threatened by a radical evil. Traditional diplomatic methods no longer apply on the international scene, and the duties and rights of the citizen have altered drastically as well. Politics has taken on a messianic strain: leaders talk of a perpetual battle against hidden enemies who threaten the annihilation of our way of life. How is it possible to champion liberalism and democracy in such a poisonous atmosphere? This was the challenge that faced a ...