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In this powerful work, John Stuart Mill sets forth representative government as the most sensible compromise between unreflective rule by the masses and the self-indulgence of the few. The reader of this volume senses that Mill is being pulled in opposing directions: steadfastly committed to majority rule with minority rights while at the same time being just enough of an aristocrat to believe that the masses need exemplars to emulate. This edition...
62) Anarchism
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Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy, which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations. Proponents of anarchism (known as "anarchists") advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical voluntary associations.
63) Nationalism
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Nationalism is based on lectures delivered by him during the First World War. While the nations of Europe were doing battle, Tagore urged his audiences in Japan and the United States to eschew political aggressiveness and cultural arrogance. The lectures emphasize Tagore's political and philosophical views on human understanding and its weakness for power and material hoardings. Tagore's Nationalism holds much relevance in today's environment of violence...
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It is their moment in history. The next Camelon generation begins with the passing of King Dewi of Wales, slain by marauding Roman legions left in the area. His eighty-year-old granddaughter Creirwy, the Mother Superior of Pembrokeshire abbey, learns of his untimely, demise as chaos descends on the world. The surviving descendants of Camelon regroup in secrecy with the help of the sea dragons reunite in an underground portal beneath the abbey.
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65) La democracia
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Varios de los autores-ícono sobre la cuestiones de la globalización se cruzan aquí-junto con otros autores no tan conocidos-para tratar sobre esta cuestión.
Desde la Vida de consumo de Zygmunt Bauman, pasando por el No logo de Naomi Klein y La felicidad paradójica de Gilles Lipovetsky, hasta llegar a La cultura del nuevo capitalismo de Richard Sennett, todos aportan su punto de vista sobre este tema tan vigente, con sus luces y sus sombras.
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Como reza el título de este libro, las nuevas derechas desafían gravemente las democracias actuales. En las páginas que siguen, un grupo de científicos sociales han sido capaces de analizar, a través de estudios de caso muy bien elegidos, algunas de las peligrosas consecuencias del ascenso de la extrema derecha y del (neo)fascismo en todo el mundo y, en el caso que nos ocupa, en América Latina. Solo así puede desenmascararse la falsa ambigüedad...
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En cent ans, le Mexique est passé d'une guerre civile violente à un régime autoritaire, pour ensuite entamer une transition démocratique lente et difficile, souvent qualifiée d'incomplète. À l'occasion du centenaire de la Révolution mexicaine célébré en novembre 2010, ce livre propose un bilan de celle-ci. Il traite des effets sociaux et politiques immédiats de cette révolution, de la longue transition démocratique mexicaine ainsi que...
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In arguably the most radical book published in decades, cartoonist/columnist Ted Rall has produced the book he was always meant to write: a new manifesto for an America heading toward economic and political collapse. While others mourn the damage to the postmodern American capitalist system created by the recent global economic collapse, Rall sees an opportunity. As millions of people lose their jobs and their homes, they and millions more are opening...
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Get the Summary of John Stuart' Mill's On Liberty in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: On Liberty, a philosophical work by John Stuart Mill, published in 1859 discuses ethical system of utilitarianism of the society and the state. In it, Mill advocates the rights of the individual against Society, with special emphasis to the importance of individuality. The main focus of this book is on...
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Diseñado como un manual introductorio, el contenido de este libro reúne y examina claves, métodos y enfoques útiles para el análisis político. A beneficio de tal fin, el libro sistematiza y discute las definiciones, historias literarias y debates contemporáneos de diez conceptos capitales: ciencia política, sociología política, psicología política, constitución, democracia, sistemas de gobierno, partidos políticos, sociedad civil, movimientos...
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One of the grim comedies of the twentieth century was that miserable victims of communist regimes would climb walls, swim rivers, dodge bullets, and find other desperate ways to achieve liberty in the West at the same time that progressive intellectuals would sentimentally proclaim that these very regimes were the wave of the future. A similar tragicomedy is playing out in our century: as the victims of despotism and backwardness from Third World...
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Libertarianism isn't about winning elections; it is first and foremost a political philosophy-a description of how, in the opinion of libertarians, free people ought to treat one another, at least when they use the law, which they regard as potentially dangerous. If libertarians are correct, the law should intrude into people's lives as little as possible, rarely telling them what to do or how to live.A political and economic philosophy as old as...
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Né en Algérie en 1894 et mort en banlieue parisienne en 1953, l'anarchiste kabyle Mohamed Saïl fut toute sa vie un infatigable militant antimilitariste, anticolonialiste et anticapitaliste. Insoumis et déserteur pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'engagea sans hésiter dans la colonne Durruti lors de la guerre d'Espagne pour combattre les fascistes et participer à la révolution. Harcelé par la police, arrêté et emprisonné plusieurs...
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Regroupant le plus grand nombre de textes d'Emma Goldman traduits en français, cette anthologie compose un vibrant plaidoyer en faveur du syndicalisme révolutionnaire, de l'athéisme et de l'égalité entre les sexes, ainsi qu'une charge implacable contre le patriotisme et le puritanisme. Emma Goldman y prend entre autres la défense de la pédagogie anti-autoritaire de Francisco Ferrer, elle critique sévèrement le pouvoir bolchevique en Russie...
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"Your pen is your biggest enemy" is the kind of warning M. P. Prabhakaran says he used to receive from his friends every time he published a provocative social or political commentary. He published them in The East-West Inquirer, an online monthly, of which he is editor and publisher. He has cited the warning in the preface to this book. The preface also says that, pointing to the subject of the commentary, those well-meaning friends would follow...
77) About Anarchism
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Today the word "anarchism" inspires both fear and fascination. But, few people understand what anarchists believe, what anarchists want, and what anarchists do. This incisive book puts forward the case for anarchism as a pragmatic philosophy.
Originally written in 1969 and updated for the twenty-first century, About Anarchism is an uncluttered, precise, and urgently necessary expression of practical anarchism. Crafted in deliberately simple prose...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Saul D. Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and NOT the original book. Preview: Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (1971) by Saul D. Alinsky is a how-to guide for political organizers who want to make real, lasting changes to a political system. Alinksy draws on decades of his own organizing experience to elaborate rules for bringing about change. He argues that these tried-and-true rules will...
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¿Está la democracia amenazada hoy en día?, ¿es el populismo un retroceso indiscutible para la democracia?, ¿por qué surgen los populismos?, ¿hay momentos en la historia en que la democracia se pone a prueba?, ¿cuál ha sido el papel de las nuevas tecnologías y de las redes sociales en el fortalecimiento o debilitamiento de las democracias? Este libro intenta dar respuesta a estas preguntas. Inicia con un viaje a lo largo del pensamiento político...
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Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it?From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled...
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