Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government
Albert Einstein was one of the initiators of the peace movement in Europe in the early twentieth century. He tirelessly denounced the imperfections of society due to the primitive institution of war and devoted his energies to outlawing war. After Hitler’s rise to power, he abandoned pacifism and instead embraced a federalist vision　according to which the root cause of war lies in the division of the world into sovereign states and the vehicle of peace is world government.

This book explores Einstein’s outlook on war and peace and traces the evolution of his thinking on these topics. In particular, Einstein developed a dialogue on war and peace with physicists like Bohr, Planck and Szilard as well intellectuals like Dewey, Freud, Gandhi, Mann, Mumford, Rolland Russell, Schweitzer and Tagore. The key concepts that were the focus of these discussions were the cause of war (included the Einstein–Freud debate on　psychological　and political causes of war) and the means to prevent it; the distinction between antimilitarism, pacifism, internationalism and federalism; and the dividing line between intergovernmental and supranational organizations.

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Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government
Albert Einstein was one of the initiators of the peace movement in Europe in the early twentieth century. He tirelessly denounced the imperfections of society due to the primitive institution of war and devoted his energies to outlawing war. After Hitler’s rise to power, he abandoned pacifism and instead embraced a federalist vision　according to which the root cause of war lies in the division of the world into sovereign states and the vehicle of peace is world government.

This book explores Einstein’s outlook on war and peace and traces the evolution of his thinking on these topics. In particular, Einstein developed a dialogue on war and peace with physicists like Bohr, Planck and Szilard as well intellectuals like Dewey, Freud, Gandhi, Mann, Mumford, Rolland Russell, Schweitzer and Tagore. The key concepts that were the focus of these discussions were the cause of war (included the Einstein–Freud debate on　psychological　and political causes of war) and the means to prevent it; the distinction between antimilitarism, pacifism, internationalism and federalism; and the dividing line between intergovernmental and supranational organizations.

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Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government

Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government

Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government

Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government

Overview

Albert Einstein was one of the initiators of the peace movement in Europe in the early twentieth century. He tirelessly denounced the imperfections of society due to the primitive institution of war and devoted his energies to outlawing war. After Hitler’s rise to power, he abandoned pacifism and instead embraced a federalist vision　according to which the root cause of war lies in the division of the world into sovereign states and the vehicle of peace is world government.

This book explores Einstein’s outlook on war and peace and traces the evolution of his thinking on these topics. In particular, Einstein developed a dialogue on war and peace with physicists like Bohr, Planck and Szilard as well intellectuals like Dewey, Freud, Gandhi, Mann, Mumford, Rolland Russell, Schweitzer and Tagore. The key concepts that were the focus of these discussions were the cause of war (included the Einstein–Freud debate on　psychological　and political causes of war) and the means to prevent it; the distinction between antimilitarism, pacifism, internationalism and federalism; and the dividing line between intergovernmental and supranational organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9782807615267
Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
Publication date: 05/06/2022
Series: Federalism , #12
Pages: 206
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lucio Levi, former professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics at the University of Torino, is editor of The Federalist Debate and scientific director of the International Democracy Watch. He was President of the European Federalist Movement from 2009 to 2015. He is author of Altiero Spinelli and Federalism in Europe and the World (1990), Federalist Thinking (2008) and co-editor with G. Finizio and N. Vallinoto of The Democratization of International Institutions.

Table of Contents

Introduction Lucio Levi 15

The Birth of the Global Public Intellectual Richard Crockatt 19

The First World War and the Manifesto to Europeans Jean-Francis Billion 49

The Einstein-Freud Letters on the Abolition of War Joseph Preston Baratta 73

Five Phases of Pacifism Claudio Giulio Anta 87

Three Types of Pacifism Pietro Greco 107

Einstein and Federalism Lucio Levi 131

A Personal Recollection René V.L. Wadlow 157

Albert Einstein in 1948 Lucy Law Webster 165

Annexes 168

Manifesto to Europeans (mid-October 1914) 168

My Opinion on the War (October 23-November 11, 1915) 170

The Two Per Cent Speech (December 14, 1930) 173

Letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (August 2, 1939) 175

Atomic War or Peace (November 1947) 177

Open Letter to the General Assembly of the United Nations (October 1947) 185

Open Letter to the General Assembly of the United Nations (December 1947) 189

The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (July 9, 1955) 193

List of Figures 197

Biographical Notes 199

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