バートランド・ラッセル『ヒューマン・ソサエティ－倫理学から政治学へ』第２部[「情熱の葛藤」- 第２章- Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, Part II, chapter 5
* 原著：Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954* 邦訳書：バートランド・ラッセル(著),勝部真長・長谷川鑛平(共訳)『ヒューマン・ソサエティ－倫理学から政治学へ』(玉川大学出版部,1981年７月刊。268+x pp.)
『ヒューマン・ソサエティ』第２部「情熱の葛藤」- 第５章「結束（団結）と競争」n.9 |
Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II: The Conflict of Passions, chapter 5: Cohesion and Rivalry, n9 |
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Our Age, like that after the fall of the Western Empire, is one of cultural disruption. Russian Communism, like the religion of the Prophet, is a new militant faith, which has conquered large areas that were formerly Christian. China, without reverting to its ancient traditions, has decided to reject large parts of the Western creed. Africa is in a ferment, of which the outcome is doubtful, but may well prove to be a reversion to primitive savagery. India still retains much of the British heritage, but is not unlikely, under the influence of conservative theologians, to return to the mentality which it enjoyed before the time of Vasco da Gama. Our world, like that of the Dark Ages, is filled with wars and rumours of wars and with a rapid cultural retrogression. |