Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated...

Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated...

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

Rund um den Globus läuft ein Großangriff auf unseren Wohlstand. Die neuen Nationalisten wollen Grenzen schließen, den Handel beschränken, die internationale Verflechtung der Wirtschaft zurückdrehen. Für den Exportweltmeister Deutschland ist diese schleichende Deglobalisierung besonders...