Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... tion of Western technique , institutions , and ideas on the part of the Russians themselves . The two remaining great powers — Japan and the United States - were geographically non - European , and for that very reason they took little ...
... tion of Western technique , institutions , and ideas on the part of the Russians themselves . The two remaining great powers — Japan and the United States - were geographically non - European , and for that very reason they took little ...
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... tion , not the merit of the local architect , which brings it about that the new big - scale architecture is invented on the outskirts and not in the centre ; but , though this is not the fault of the gifted inhabitants of the centre ...
... tion , not the merit of the local architect , which brings it about that the new big - scale architecture is invented on the outskirts and not in the centre ; but , though this is not the fault of the gifted inhabitants of the centre ...
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... tion of Islamic solidarity . ' We are determined to work out our own salvation , ' the Turks seem to say , ' and this salva- tion , as we see it , lies in learning how to stand on our own feet in the posture of an economically self ...
... tion of Islamic solidarity . ' We are determined to work out our own salvation , ' the Turks seem to say , ' and this salva- tion , as we see it , lies in learning how to stand on our own feet in the posture of an economically self ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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