The history of mankind for thousands of years has been a history of incessant warfare and the new economic and industrial conditions which have made war irrational are not more than about one hundred years old, while the human brain is practically the same old brain of our fathers and forefathers, deeply stamped with ancestral traits and primitive instincts, which cannot thus suddenly be outgrown. It is society which has suddenly changed, not the units of society.Ever since the war ...

This book treats of the psychology of relaxation and the methods to escape from Stress of the modern life.“Some of us manage to escape neurasthenia, but few of us are free from fatigue, chronic or acute. We hear with amazement now and again someone say "I was never tired in my life." Surely under normal conditions we ought not to be so tired as we are, nor tired so often. Under these circumstances a new interest has suddenly awakened in relaxation. The psychology of it is yet unwri...

The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. Organised crowds have always played an important part in the life of peoples, but this part has never been of such moment as at present. The substitution of the unconscious action of crowds for the conscious activity of individuals is one of the principal characteristics of the present age.

"WAR is a racket. It always has been."It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."Thus begins one of the most important works of the last century that most people have never heard of. It isn't required reading in school, although it should be. It won't be brought up on your favorite evening sitcom, and politici...

This collection includes works by Prince Otto von Bismarck, Count Helmuth von Moltke, and Ferdinand Lassalle. The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10, edited by Kuno Francke.

"In capitalist society work is the cause of all intellectual degeneracy, of all organic deformity."This essay raises interesting questions : is work really a virtue? Isn't work the source of many social imbalances? These are all questions that lend themselves to an exciting and topical debate on the role of work in our society.

The Russians themselves will say at times they have no history. Some, like Tchaadáyef of old, deplore the fact in melancholy strain, passionate and eloquent, nor can anything console them for having missed the most brilliant epochs of European life, or allay their fears that, for lack of the same trials and upbringing, their country never can achieve the same civilization, for that a nation without a past is also without a future. Others, more numerous, boldly congratulate themselves on th...

Join Arthur Hubbard on an immersive journey into the history of civilization. Written over a century ago, this book is still just as relevant today. Indeed, it was featured in a 2012 documentary titled "Four Horsemen" about civilization and economics.The book is relatively short and divided into two main parts. The first lays ground to the elements of the rise of civilization. It raises questions like the role of ethnic diversity in the rise or fall of society. Is there a perfect r...

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. James has often been labeled as the “Father of American psychology”.

H. G. Wells' 'The Idea of a League of Nations' (Volume 1&2) is a groundbreaking work that explores the concept of international cooperation and peace. Written in a clear and persuasive style, Wells delves into the origins and potential benefits of a global organization that promotes unity and prevents conflicts. Drawing on historical examples and political theory, the book offers a visionary perspective on the possibility of a League of Nations to maintain world order. With an insightful a...

The following Studies and Notes, made during the earlier period of the present war and now collected together for publication, do not – as will be evident to the reader – pretend to any sort of completeness in their embrace of the subject, or finality in its presentation. Rather they are scattered thoughts suggested by the large and tangled drama which we are witnessing; and I am sufficiently conscious that their expression involves contradictions as well as repetitions.

The Idea of a League of Nations is a lucid intervention in the political imagination of the First World War's aftermath, arguing that peace requires not merely treaties but a reorganized international order. In its unabridged two-part form, the book combines constitutional speculation, moral urgency, and practical analysis, moving between essayistic persuasion and prophetic social criticism. It belongs to the same reformist intellectual climate that produced early twentieth-century schemes...