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Multipolar Press

A Temporal Theory of Multipolarization

Aggregation and dispersion, tradition, and historical forgetting

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Kazuhiro Hayashida
Aug 16, 2026
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Kazuhiro Hayashida explains multipolarity as a process of aggregation and dispersion, arguing that a civilization survives only by preserving the spatial bonds of community and the temporal bonds of tradition.

To understand multipolarization, it is insufficient to view unipolarity and multipolarity solely as arrangements on a static map of the world. Wha…

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