Category Archives: Jerry Z. Muller

Is Ethnic Conflict Inevitable?

Yes. Different groups have different interests and they will inevitably compete with each for scarce resources such as land and water and power. Professor Jerry Z. Muller responds to his critics in Foreign Affairs magazine in the July/August 2008 edition: … Continue reading

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The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservation by Jerry Z. Muller

From Amazon.com: “Why did some of the “best and brightest” of Weimar intellectuals advocate totalitarian solutions to the problems of liberal democratic, capitalist society? How did their “radical conservatism” contribute to the rise of National Socialism? What roles did they … Continue reading

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Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Z. Muller

From Amazon.com: The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry … Continue reading

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Us & Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism

By Jerry Z. Muller for Foreign Affairs, March 2008: PROJECTING THEIR own experience onto the rest of the world, Americans generally belittle the role of ethnic nationalism in politics. After all, in the United States people of varying ethnic origins … Continue reading

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