Leopold Kohr, an economist by profession, was the originator of the concept of 'the human scale', an idea later popularised by his friend, E. F. Schumacher in his bestselling book Small is Beautiful. Born near Salzberg in 1909, Kohr held academic positions at many universities.

We have now reached the point Kohr warned about... the point where 'instead of growth serving life, life must now serve growth, perverting the very purpose of existence'. Kohr's crisis of bigness is upon us

• Acknowledgements Preface to the 1986 EditionForeword by Neal Ascherson Foreword by Richard Body Introduction The Philosophies of MiseryThe Power Theory of AggressionDisunion NowTyranny in a Small-State WorldThe Physics of Politics: The Philosophic ArgumentIndividual and Average Man: The Political ArgumentThe Glory of the Small: The Cultural Argument The Efficiency of the Small: The Economic Argument Union Through Division: The Administrative Argument The Elimination of Great Powers: Can It Be Done? But Will It Be Done?The American EmpireAppendices: The Principle of Federation Presented in MapsChapter NotesBibliography Index

Leopold Kohr, an economist by profession, was the originator of the concept of 'the human scale', an idea later popularised by his friend, E. F. Schumacher in his bestselling book Small is Beautiful. Born near Salzberg in 1909, Kohr held academic positions at many universities.

We have now reached the point Kohr warned about... the point where 'instead of growth serving life, life must now serve growth, perverting the very purpose of existence'. Kohr's crisis of bigness is upon us

• Acknowledgements Preface to the 1986 EditionForeword by Neal Ascherson Foreword by Richard Body Introduction The Philosophies of MiseryThe Power Theory of AggressionDisunion NowTyranny in a Small-State WorldThe Physics of Politics: The Philosophic ArgumentIndividual and Average Man: The Political ArgumentThe Glory of the Small: The Cultural Argument The Efficiency of the Small: The Economic Argument Union Through Division: The Administrative Argument The Elimination of Great Powers: Can It Be Done? But Will It Be Done?The American EmpireAppendices: The Principle of Federation Presented in MapsChapter NotesBibliography Index