Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the gods have departed.

Hans Morgenthau

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Topic

Disenchanted world Decline of religion Realpolitik Religion and politics International politics

Author

Hans Morgenthau

Source

Politics Among Nations

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Academic Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Morgenthau, Hans. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.

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