Breakdown of Nations edition by Leopold Kohr Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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In The Breakdown of Nations Leopold Kohr shows that, throughout history, people living in small states are happier, more peaceful, more creative and more prosperous. Virtually all our political and social problems would be greatly diminished if the world's major countries were to dissolve back into the small states from which they sprang. Rather than making ever-larger political unions, in the belief that this will bring peace and security, we should minimize the aggregation of power by returning to a patchwork of small, relatively powerless states, where leaders are accessible to and responsive to the people.Leopold Kohr, an economist by profesion, was the originator of the concept of 'the human scale', an idea later popularized by E.F. Schumacher in Small is Beautiful.
Breakdown of Nations edition by Leopold Kohr Politics Social Sciences eBooks
Excellent. A must read for anyone desiring a solution to the situation our current government is in. Of course, actions must follow our reading and understanding. Free and independent States, under local control....what a dream come true. Read it for yourself...P.S. Hart MillerProduct details
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Kohr calls for peaceful dissolution of nation states into smaller independent entities which can network or confederate as they choose. His book is a bible of the radical decentralist movement and applauded by anarchists, libertarians, greens alike. It's a fascinating read and will make you realize how much you yearn to belong to a real community and not just be an anoymous cipher in a giant nation state. Quote from Kohr, to give you a flavor There seems to be only one cause behind all forms of social misery bigness. Oversimplified as this may seem, we shall find the idea more easily acceptable if we consider that bigness, or oversize, is really much more than just a social problem. It appears to be the one and only problem permeating all creation.Whenever something is wrong, something is too big. And if the body of a people becomes diseased with the fever of aggression, brutality, collectivism, or massive idiocy, it is not because it has fallen victim to bad leadership or mental derangement. It is because human beings, so charming as individuals or in small aggregations have been welded onto overconcentrated social units. That is when they begin to slide into uncontrollable catastrophe. For social problems, to paraphrase the population doctrine of Thomas Malthus, have the unfortunate tendency to grow at a geometric ratio with the growth of the organism of which they are part, while the ability of man to cope with them, if it can be extended at all, grows only at an arithmetic ratio. Which means that, if a society grows beyond its optimum size, its problems must eventually outrun the growth of those human faculties which are necessary for dealing with them. Hence it is always bigness, and only bigness, which is the problem of existence. The problem is not to grow but to stop growing; the answer not union but division.
The Breakdown of Nations is one of the most paradigm-changing books you may ever read. The author, Leopold Kohr, argues that small nations work better for their citizens in every way - economically, socially, culturally, and so on. Kohr's writing style is delightfully lucid, breezy, humorous, and compelling. Unlike other books on scale, this one is easy to whip through - but beware, there's no going back once you've read it!
If, like me, you inhabit a place other than a small nation (in my case, the US), this book may transform your view of where you live. In the right hands, this book could make an explosive change in the world, although the author himself is not so sure (see the book's shortest chapter - in fact, the shortest chapter of an book in history!). There are many secession movements out there, even in the US (eg. Google "Vermont secession"), and The Breakdown of Nations may convince you that such movements have solid grounds on which to stand.
Go and get this book, read it, and start telling your friends!
50 years later this book hasn't aged a bit. It remains one of the most exact long-term forecast on the future of mankind.
Leopold Kohr a double Phd professor and refugee explains why all the methods for managing our international relations, businesses and every level of government are bound to fail. You can't make this stuff up, nor can you refute the arguments.
Of all things I've read, this comes the closest to explaining the root cause of social evil. Kohr's whimsical manner is disarming and the book is far from scholarly. But his conclusions line up perfectly with my experiences of life. Whether the harm is inflicted by government, big corporations, small groups or at the personal level, Kohr understands why and how misery is created. For me, this book sweeps away mountains of more narrowly-focused commentary.
Small is definitely beautiful, but much more than that, essential for our survival.
this should be required reading for every high school senior.
Excellent. A must read for anyone desiring a solution to the situation our current government is in. Of course, actions must follow our reading and understanding. Free and independent States, under local control....what a dream come true. Read it for yourself...P.S. Hart Miller
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