Crisis Theory and World Order

Norman K. Swazo is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

"The author illuminates in a striking manner the connection between world order thinking in social science and metaphysics in philosophy. Such connections are mainly made by way of Heidegger, whose thought is interpreted with great lucidity, and establishes the importance of taking into account a series of fundamental issues if world order thinking is to become responsive to the challenges confronting humanity. I found this book fascinating." — Richard A. Falk, coeditor of The Constitutional Foundations of World Peace"This book is meticulous, carefully thought out, and crafted with a sure-footed knowledge of both world order scholarship and Heidegger. His highlighting of notions such as solicitude, authentic self, dwelling on the earth, and meditative rather than rigid, strategic or straight rationalist thinking are important dimensions for all world order scholars to contemplate seriously in their methodological frame." — Saul H. Mendlovitz, editor of On the Creation of a Just World Order: Preferred Worlds for the 1990s

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction PART ONE: THEORETICAL CRITIQUE 1. Crisis Theory: The Challenge to Peace Research 2. The Problem of World Order: Overcoming the Logic of Statecraft 3. The Metaphysical Ground of World Order Thinking 4. Planetary Politics and the Essence of Technology PART TWO: ESSENTIAL POLITICAL THINKING 5. A Pathway to Essential Political Thinking 6. The Essence of Political Being Conclusion: Projecting-Open [Entwurf] with Heidegger Notes Index