Amitai: 25 books
My Brother's Keeper
A Memoir and a Message
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2003
In My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message, one of America's most admired public figures tells the story of his life. Born in Germany in 1929, Amitai Etzioni escaped the Nazi regime and as a teenager dropped out of high school to fight as a commando in the Israeli War of Independence. He went...
The Spirit of Community
Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
America needs to move from me to we.
In The Spirit of Community, renowned professor and former White House Fellow Amitai Etzioni, the founder of the Communitarian movement, lays out a blueprint for how in the 1990s Americans can move forward—together.
The Spirit of Community calls for a reawakening...
Political Unification Revisited
On Building Supranational Communities
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2001
Can independent nations unify politically? Amitai Etzioni raised this searching question in his seminal 1965 book, Political Unification: A Comparative Study of Leaders and Forces. In this revised edition—now with an extensive new introduction—Etzioni convincingly argues that the experiment of...
The New Normal
Finding a Balance Between Individual Rights and the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Amitai Etzioni argues that societies must find a way to balance individual rights and the common good. This point of balance may change as new technologies develop, the natural and international environments change, and new social forces arise. Some believe the United States may be unduly short-changing...
Security First
For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today,” begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet Etzioni’s concern is not to lay blame for past mistakes but to address the future: What can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the...
by Amitai Etzioni
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with...
Avoiding War with China
Two Nations, One World
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
The United States could respond to China’s increasing regional and global assertiveness in ways that would spiral into antagonism and conflict. In this short book, renowned scholar Amitai Etzioni lays out an alternative approach that takes seriously concerns about growing Chinese power, but suggests ways of dealing with it that maximize cooperation and minimize unnecessary conflict.
From Empire to Community
A New Approach to International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force or is horrified by it, the question stands - where do we go from here? What ought to be the new global architecture? Amitai Etzioni follows a third way, drawing on both neoconservative and liberal ideas, in this bold new look at international...
Hot Spots
American Foreign Policy in a Post-Human-Rights World
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
There are important reasons for the distinct yet significant course adjustments in American and Western foreign policy, which is currently focused on the Middle Eastern and Chinese "hot spots." In early 2012, the United States "pivoted" to make the Far East its military and strategic...
Happiness is the Wrong Metric
Liberal Communitarianism in Response to Populism
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2017
This timely book addresses the conflict between globalism and nationalism. It provides a liberal communitarian response to the rise of populism occurring in many democracies. The book highlights the role of communities next to that of the state and the market. It spells out the policy implications...
by Amitai Etzioni
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This collection of essays by renowned scholar Amitai Etzioni aims to provoke reconsiderations of basic assumptions of foreign policy by students, academics and practitioners.
With chapters focusing on the Middle East, China and the EU, as well as articles with a more global focus, the book...
Law and society in a populist age
Balancing individual rights and the common good
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
The law-based, political institutions in many democratic societies are being challenged by fast-growing populist movements, parties, and leaders. In other nations, the state is failing. These seismic changes call for greater attention to be paid to the role society plays in forming and challenging...
An Anthropological Study of Hospitality
The Innkeeper and the Guest
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This volume explores recent developments in the practice of hospitality, as well as the curious, precarious relationship between guests and their hosts. Drawing from personal interactions with an aging innkeeper called Herr Klaus and modern Airbnb hostess Gretchen, Amitai Touval offers a touching...
Voluntary Simplicity
Responding to Consumer Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
A simpler life. In a shadow cast by the jarring beginning of the new millennium, simplicity has an undeniable appeal. Global conflicts, domestic security concerns, and a stalling economy can make keeping up with the Joneses feel like, at best, a misguided luxury. Now is not a time for excess; it is...
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