Jon Huer

Call From the Cave (eBook, ePUB)

Our Cruel Nature and Quest for Power

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the nature of power in persons, groups, and nations by asking a question that we can understand in contemporary terms: what would Bill Gates do if he had Hitler's absolute power?It is a sociological question that exposes power as a tool of control over the powerless, not as a psychological trait or manners of personal interactions. With Hitler's power, any individual, group, or nation could become as crazy as Hitler or as cruel as the Nazis. Call from the Cave argues that the savage struggle for power, exemplified in the free market system of America-history's first and purest "natural" society-is in our very human nature. In the footsteps of the ancient Romans and the recent Nazis, we push on in every waking moment of our lives to expand our power and to control the souls and minds of other human beings to do our bidding. The book concludes that this is the very destiny of humanity we cannot escape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 530
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761860167
• Artikelnr.: 37841378

Autorenporträt

Jon Huer received his Ph.D. in sociology from UCLA and is the author of a dozen books on social criticism. One of his earlier books, The Dead End: The Psychology and Survival of the American Creed, was hailed by Time magazine's Lance Morrow as "an important and often brilliant book." Huer is currently professor of sociology at the University of Maryland University College.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE: WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK SYNOPSIS PART ONE. NAZIS, JEWS, AND OUR
WORST ENEMY Chapter 1: "Know Thyself:" An Introduction Chapter 2: Between
Kings and Things Chapter 3: "Hitler, We Love You!" Chapter 4: What Absolute
Power Has Wrought Chapter 5: The Three Utopian Models (I) Chapter 6: The
Three Utopian Models (II) PART TWO. THE HOLOCAUST ALL OVER AGAIN Chapter 7:
The Holocaust for the Living Chapter 8: The "Jewish Question" Chapter 9: A
Day's Work of Absolute Power Chapter 10: When Power Calls Chapter 11: Nazi
Power, Jewish Death PART THREE. THE CURIOUS CASE OF ADOLF HITLER Chapter
12: Hitler's Psychology, Germany's National Character Chapter 13: Hitler
and the Legitimate Government Chapter 14: Hitler and the Constitution
Chapter 15: Hitler's Image Issues Chapter 16: Hitler's Democracy Chapter
17: Hitler's Phantom Power Chapter 18: The Insignificance of Adolf Hitler
Chapter 19: The God-Fuhrer Meets Mr. Daniel Dravot Chapter 20: Hitler is
Dead, Long Live the Good Guys! Chapter 21: To Hitler with Love from the
West PART FOUR. METHOD TO NAZI MADNESS Chapter 22: Have Power-Will Use It
Chapter 23: The Secret Career of the "Final Solution" Chapter 24: Obedient
to the Master's Voice Chapter 25: Our Crimes against Humanity Chapter 26:
Professionals at Power's Service Chapter 27: Rules of Power, Nazi or
American Chapter 28: The Hitler Youth Made in the USA PART FIVE. THE REIGN
OF POWER Chapter 29: Power, Pure and Simple Chapter 30: The Ultimate Terror
Chapter 31: Power and Civilization Chapter 32: Good, Evil, and Power
Chapter 33: Humanity and Power Chapter 34: The Incredible Pleasure of Being
Nazi PART SIX. CALL FROM THE CAVE: THE "FINAL SOLUTION," OUR OWN Chapter
35: Saint Francis and Human Nature Chapter 36: The Natural Root of Human
Evil (I) Chapter 37: The Natural Root of Human Evil (II) Chapter 38: The
Natural Root of Human Evil (III) Chapter 39: The Natural Root of Human Evil
(IV) BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX