Excerpt from Politics and Crowd-Morality: A Study in the Philosophy of Politics
The whole world nowadays takes an interest in politics. And yet it is but seldom that we come across an understanding of the essence of politics, of its connection with the life of the mind, and of its significance in development. The political interests of most people are absorbed by concern for the fate of this or that bill, and by the question what this or that politician is doing or intends to do. In face of the great political and social problems, men are satisfied with certain universal tendencies, backed by arguments evolved in the party press and at political meetings. Even people whose interests are not so narrowly confined, find it difficult to take a sober view of their surroundings, because we live in the midst of the hubbub of political life, which allows us no leisure to take a broader view of things, beyond the petty quarrels of the day.
But our epoch is not only the epoch of politics, but also that of anti-politics. A wave of disgust with politics has swept over the world.
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