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Mechanistic Assumptions and the East-West Conflict: a Critique

This paper addresses the influence of a mechanistic world view of East-West relations. The "classic" model of mechanism orders reality into a relationship akin to a simple clock or pump. In the model, discrete and unmodifiable parts, with no natural functional relationship to each other, are balanced and engineered into functional unity. This study shows how "environmental" conditions at the international level (ambiguity, complexity, and prolonged conflict) limit the ability of policy makers to define objective limits to containment, influencing them instead to follow the universal application of the "logic" of mechanism--that any imbalance must be checked by the container.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc503914
Date12 1900
CreatorsEbers, Scott Allen
ContributorsReban, Milan Jan, Abernathy, Lewis M.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 151 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Ebers, Scott Allen, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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