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Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk-the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What…

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The pace of today's technical and cultural changes can only be call revolutionary. The polulist movements can be understood with this in mind.

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