At the close of the Second World War, Mises saw the destruction of the old world and the beginnings of a new one that did not look promising, especially for European politics. Socialism appeared to sweep all before it, and the social democratic variety in the West was not much of an improvement. Mises set out to explain and bitterly denounce the trends toward the total state, and demonstrate that Communism and Nazism were both species of interventionism.
Though Hayek's book The Road to Serfdom was more widely promoted, and achieved a far greater fame, this Mises work, which appeared in the same year, offers a more consistent critique of industrial central planning, warfare, and the welfare state. There are no concessions to the prevailing social democratic consensus, and Mises is no less harsh on interventionism of the democratic form. The last chapter is a prescient critique of the idea of world government, including world trade agreements.
This volume includes:
Part I. The Collapse of German Liberalism
I. German Liberalism
The Ancien Rgime and Liberalism
The Weakness of German Liberalism
The Prussian Army
The Constitutional Conflict in Prussia
The "Little German" Program
The Lassalle Episode
II. The Triumph of Militarism
The Prussian Army in the New German Empire
German Militarism
The Liberals and Militarism
The Current Explanation of the Success of Militarism
Part II. Nationalism
III. Etatism
The New Mentality
The State
The Political and Social Doctrines of Liberalism
Socialism
Socialism in Russia and in Germany
Interventionism
Etatism and Protectionism
Economic Nationalism and Domestic Monopoly Prices
Autarky
German Protectionism
IV. Etatism and Nationalism
The Principle of Nationality
The Linguistic Group
Liberalism and the Principle of Nationality
Aggressive Nationalism
Colonial Imperialism
Foreign Investment and Foreign Loans
Total War
Socialism and War
V. Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations
The Shortcomings of Current Explanations
The Alleged Irrationality of Nationalism
The Aristocratic Doctrine
Misapprehended Darwinism
The Role of Chauvinism
The Role of Myths
Part III. German Nazism
VI. The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism
The Awakening
The Ascendency of Pan-Germanism
German Nationalism Within an Etatist World
A Critique of German Nationalism
Nazism and German Philosophy
Polylogism
Pan-Germanism and Nazism
VII. The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
The Legend
Marxism and the Labor Movement
The German Workers and the German State
The Social Democrats Within the German Caste System
The Social Democrats and War
VIII. Anti-Semitism and Racism
The Role of Racism
The Struggle Against the Jewish Mind
Interventionism and Legal Discrimination Against Jews
The "Stab in the Back"
Anti-Semitism as a Factor in International Politics
IX. The Weimar Republic and Its Collapse
The Weimar Constitution
The Abortive Socialization
The Armed Parties
The Treaty of Versailles
The Economic Depression
Nazism and German Labor
The Foreign Critics of Nazism
X. Nazism as a World Problem
The Scope and Limitations of History
The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
Germany's Rubicon
The Alternative
Part IV. The Future of Western Civilization
XI. The Delusions of World Planning
The Term "Planning"
The Dictatorship Complex
A World Government
Planned Production
Foreign Trade Agreements
Monetary Planning
Planning International Capital Transactions
XII. Peace Schemes
Armament Control
A Critique of Some Other Schemes Proposed
The Union of the Western Democracies
Peace in Eastern Europe
The Problems of Asia
The Role of the League of Nations
This book is of paramount value for any political science scholars or anyone who is interested in such field. I admit that I couldn't grasp every doctrines illuminated by Mises in this book, but I managed to synthesize some key points and added my own eva...
评分This book is of paramount value for any political science scholars or anyone who is interested in such field. I admit that I couldn't grasp every doctrines illuminated by Mises in this book, but I managed to synthesize some key points and added my own eva...
评分This book is of paramount value for any political science scholars or anyone who is interested in such field. I admit that I couldn't grasp every doctrines illuminated by Mises in this book, but I managed to synthesize some key points and added my own eva...
评分This book is of paramount value for any political science scholars or anyone who is interested in such field. I admit that I couldn't grasp every doctrines illuminated by Mises in this book, but I managed to synthesize some key points and added my own eva...
评分This book is of paramount value for any political science scholars or anyone who is interested in such field. I admit that I couldn't grasp every doctrines illuminated by Mises in this book, but I managed to synthesize some key points and added my own eva...
坦白讲,这本书的结构安排初看有些令人困惑,它似乎并不遵循传统的“提出问题—分析问题—解决问题”的线性模式。相反,它更像是一部多声部复调音乐作品,不同的时间线和概念分支相互穿插、相互映照,需要读者自己去梳理它们之间的内在联系。我尤其欣赏作者在引入新概念时所采用的“渐进式”手法,他不会一次性抛出所有的定义,而是随着论述的深入,一点点地揭示出这些抽象概念的实际运作机制。这使得我对“权力结构”的理解,是从最基层、最具体、最令人窒息的摩擦点开始建立起来的,而不是从高高在上的理论模型开始。这种自下而上的建构方式,极大地增强了书中所描述的社会压迫的真实感和可感性。虽然在阅读过程中,我偶尔会因为需要频繁地查阅前文的脚注和交叉引用而感到心力交瘁,但正是这种“重构”的过程,才让我对作者想要揭示的复杂性有了更深层次的体认。它迫使读者成为主动的参与者,而不是被动的接收者。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直就像一场精心设计的迷局,初读时会让人感觉有些晦涩,作者似乎故意将关键信息隐藏在层层叠叠的细节之下。我花了相当长的时间才真正进入状态,尤其是关于早期社会结构的探讨部分,那些复杂的政治哲学概念穿插在零散的历史碎片中,让人不得不反复回味。它不是那种提供即时满足感的通俗读物,更像是一份需要耐心和智力投入的考古报告。我特别欣赏作者在描绘权力运作的微观层面时所展现出的那种近乎病态的精准,他没有停留在宏大的理论叙事上,而是深入到那些日常的、几乎不被察觉的制度惯性中,去剖析它们如何如同无形的锁链,将个体牢牢束缚。这种深挖的功力,使得即便是对政治学素养一般的读者,也能感受到那种扑面而来的压迫感和无力感。尤其是在处理历史案例的转折点时,作者的处理方式极为高明,他避免了简单的因果论,而是展示了无数个细微的“可能”如何交织、碰撞,最终导向了我们所看到的“必然”。整本书读完后,我甚至有一种被作者的逻辑链条彻底说服,同时又隐隐感到一丝不安的复杂情绪,仿佛自己刚刚完成了一次艰苦的精神攀登,但登顶后看到的风景却并不那么明朗。
评分这本书对于“效率”和“控制”之间关系的探讨,达到了令人不寒而栗的深度。作者似乎对现代技术和官僚体系的结合所产生的潜在威胁抱有一种近乎预言家的清醒。我特别关注了其中关于信息流动的分析章节,它揭示了在看似开放透明的体系下,信息是如何被巧妙地塑形、过滤和引导,从而服务于维护既有秩序的。这不是那种简单的“政府审查”的论调,而是一种更微妙、更系统性的论述——即技术工具本身的设计,是如何内在地倾向于集中化和规训个体的。这种对“结构性暴力”的洞察,让我开始重新审视我日常生活中所依赖的各种服务和界面。作者的笔触是极其冷静客观的,他几乎没有加入任何个人道德判断,而是将这一切视为一种纯粹的社会工程学现象进行分析。这种冷静反而更具震撼力,因为它剥离了所有的情感外衣,直指权力逻辑的核心,让人不得不承认,在某些维度上,这种高效的、去人性化的管理模式确实具备着一种难以抗拒的逻辑自洽性,令人在理解其运作的同时,油然而生一种深深的寒意。
评分与许多同类题材的著作相比,这本书的独特之处在于其对“日常抵抗”的刻画显得异常精妙且富有层次感。它没有鼓吹宏大的革命叙事,而是将焦点放在了那些被权力结构视而不见的、微小的、几乎是无意识的反抗行为上。作者通过一系列细致入微的田野观察(或者说,是基于文本的模拟构建),展示了个体是如何在日常的琐碎互动中,巧妙地扭曲、怠慢或规避那些自上而下的指令的。这些抵抗行为往往是短暂的、碎片化的,甚至是自我矛盾的,但作者坚称,正是这些微小的“裂缝”构成了社会弹性和个体尊严的最后防线。这种视角极大地拓宽了我对“政治参与”的理解,让我意识到,不合作和沉默本身也可以是一种复杂的、具有能动性的政治姿态。这本书的伟大之处在于,它没有提供廉价的希望,而是教导我们在一个看似密不透风的体系中,如何识别和珍惜那些微小的、非制度化的喘息空间,这种对生命力的细致捕捉,使得整部作品在压抑的基调下,依然闪烁着一种近乎顽固的韧性之光。
评分这本书的语言风格极其考究,充满了古典主义的庄重感和一种近乎冷峻的学术克制,但这种克制之下,却涌动着一股强大的、几乎要冲破书页的批判力。我注意到作者大量使用了复合句和罕见的词汇,这使得阅读过程本身就成了一种智力挑战。对于习惯了现代轻快叙事风格的读者来说,这可能是一个门槛,但我个人非常享受这种沉浸式的、需要高度集中精神去解码文本的过程。它读起来不像是在听一位朋友分享观点,更像是在聆听一位历史学家在冰冷的大理石厅堂里,用近乎宣读判决书的语气,对既定现实进行精准的解剖。特别是在论证权力合法性来源的那几章,作者构建了一套逻辑自洽到令人发指的体系,他没有使用情绪化的词汇,而是纯粹依靠严密的推理和对既往文献的精妙引用来构建他的论点,这种不动声色的力量感,远比那些激情洋溢的控诉来得更具穿透力。我感觉自己像是在进行一场思维上的搏击,每一次理解上的突破都带来了巨大的满足感,但同时,文本中那种对人类自由意志的潜在质疑,也让人在合上书本后久久不能平静。
评分这本书写于二战结束前,大部分内容谈论极权政府的现象和特征,尤其关注纳粹德国的发展史。个人认为,本书的亮点是Mises的 国际政治哲学思想、对自由主义的批判和极权政府的经济背因。没错,在本书中,Mises支持Market Economy,但批判Liberalism,他认为至少在现下社会Liberal的理论不适用。 花了三天时间,终于看完,感想很多,没看懂的更多。不过,也写了一篇总结和评议(详见书评),欢迎讨论~
评分这本书写于二战结束前,大部分内容谈论极权政府的现象和特征,尤其关注纳粹德国的发展史。个人认为,本书的亮点是Mises的 国际政治哲学思想、对自由主义的批判和极权政府的经济背因。没错,在本书中,Mises支持Market Economy,但批判Liberalism,他认为至少在现下社会Liberal的理论不适用。 花了三天时间,终于看完,感想很多,没看懂的更多。不过,也写了一篇总结和评议(详见书评),欢迎讨论~
评分这本书写于二战结束前,大部分内容谈论极权政府的现象和特征,尤其关注纳粹德国的发展史。个人认为,本书的亮点是Mises的 国际政治哲学思想、对自由主义的批判和极权政府的经济背因。没错,在本书中,Mises支持Market Economy,但批判Liberalism,他认为至少在现下社会Liberal的理论不适用。 花了三天时间,终于看完,感想很多,没看懂的更多。不过,也写了一篇总结和评议(详见书评),欢迎讨论~
评分这本书写于二战结束前,大部分内容谈论极权政府的现象和特征,尤其关注纳粹德国的发展史。个人认为,本书的亮点是Mises的 国际政治哲学思想、对自由主义的批判和极权政府的经济背因。没错,在本书中,Mises支持Market Economy,但批判Liberalism,他认为至少在现下社会Liberal的理论不适用。 花了三天时间,终于看完,感想很多,没看懂的更多。不过,也写了一篇总结和评议(详见书评),欢迎讨论~
评分这本书写于二战结束前,大部分内容谈论极权政府的现象和特征,尤其关注纳粹德国的发展史。个人认为,本书的亮点是Mises的 国际政治哲学思想、对自由主义的批判和极权政府的经济背因。没错,在本书中,Mises支持Market Economy,但批判Liberalism,他认为至少在现下社会Liberal的理论不适用。 花了三天时间,终于看完,感想很多,没看懂的更多。不过,也写了一篇总结和评议(详见书评),欢迎讨论~
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