The path not taken: reflections on power and fear

New York: Norton (1990)
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Argues that the pursuit of power is the main force shaping human relations, suggests that isolation is the price for escape from this condition, and reassesses human nature from the perspectives of history and biology

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BF611.W54 1990

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