The New Military Humanism [antikvár]

Chapter 1 "In the Name of Principles and Values"* T I. f ¦ il r I 'he crisis in Kosovo has excited passion and visionary exaltation of a kind rarely witnessed. The events have been portrayed as "a landmark in international relations," opening the gates to a stage of world history with no precedent, a new epoch of moral rectitude under the guiding hand of an "idealistic New World bent on ending inhumanity."' This New Humanism, timed fortuitously with a new millennium, will displace the crass and narrow interest politics of a mean-spirited past. Novel conceptions of world order are being forged, interlaced with inspirational lessons about human affairs and global society. These new conceptions are f to displace the decaying institutions of world order that have | l' proven to be a "disastrous failure," hence must be discarded in favor i ,j ' of emerging ideas with "innovative but justifiable" departures from i earlier norms. The utopianism of earlier generations may be fit only I i for ridicule, but the visions that are to take their place are genuine, ', l'; and genuinely inspiring. , ' Some of the material here has appeared in articles in the U.S. and else- where in 1999. For suggestions and assistance, I would like to express ,( particular thanks to Sanjoy Mahajan, David Peterson, and Knut i Rognes.