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For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature... →
Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of... →
It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's... →
But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.
Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.
In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their... →
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art... →
Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the... →
Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and... →
No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the... →
The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite... →
Propaganda must appeal to mankind's better judgment and to the necessary belief in a better future. For this belief, the valley of the shadow of... →
The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity... →