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"American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation--the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth--and it comes at us from all sides: opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It's endangering our democracy and causing havoc in our electoral system, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and in our Capitol. Advances in technology including...
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"Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century--fascism, communism, and liberalism--only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material...
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From the moment she upset a heavily-favored incumbent in the primary for the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Joe Biden, Christine O'Donnell made headlines. Though she didn't win the general election, O'Donnell did win the designation of 2010's Most Covered Candidate. And, what people were talking about wasn't just gossip: they responded to a fresh, unencumbered voice that appealed to voter frustration with politics-and politicians-as...
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In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system. In his later letters Tocqueville indicates that he and Beaumont used their official business as a pretext to study American society instead. They arrived in New York City in May of that year...
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Liberal Oppression is written to add more depth to the public debate that is fueled by growing political tension. Racism, freedom of speech and the concept of elections are pointed out among the common factors that determine "left versus right". From my "outsider's perspective", as provocatively as possible, I describe the political developments I observe and the conclusions I draw from them.This paid edition, in contrast to the free edition, includes...
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Bad news around every corner? Not for long!
Terrorist attacks, debt, and big government plague the United States. The very foundation of our nation wobbles on shaky ground. Chuck Norris wants to change all that by reigniting the American dream, a dream of faith and freedom in what still should be the land of opportunity. The martial arts master sets out to kick start America's heart and return us to a country of tradition using practical advice...
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Entrepreneurship, personal responsibility, and upward mobility: These traditions are at the heart of the free enterprise system and have long been central to America's exceptional culture. In recent years, however, policymakers have dramatically weakened these traditions-by exploding the size of government, propping up their corporate cronies, and trying to reorient our system from rewarding merit to redistributing wealth.
In “The Road to Freedom”,...
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Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's books are events. They stir passionate public debate among political and civic leaders, scholars, and the general public because they compel people to rethink the most powerful conventional wisdoms and stubborn moral problems of the day. “Worse Than War” gets to the heart of the phenomenon, genocide, that has caused more deaths in the modern world than military conflict. In doing so, it challenges fundamental things we...
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"What is democracy, really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a 'New Civil Rights Leader' by the Los Angeles Times, provides surprising answers. There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrymandering and dark-money campaign contributions, it is clear that the principle of government by and for...
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Over the course of nine months in 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker, and accompanied by Gustave de Beaumont, travelled the United States under the pretext of studying the American prison system. Over the course of his travels, Tocqueville also studied American society, religion, politics, and economics, undertaking what would become one of the most comprehensive studies to that time of the practice of democracy in the United States.
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12) 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...
13) 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.
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Este libro busca identificar el tipo de régimen político que favorece la afirmación de la libertad económica en el tiempo, a partir de un planteamiento teórico y su correspondiente ejercicio empírico.
La hipótesis es que, en el mediano plazo, los regímenes moderados están asociados a la afirmación de la libertad económica.
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Son muchas las razones que han hecho de Estudios sobre los orígenes del peronismo una obra clásica de la sociología histórica y un referente insoslayable para quienes buscan examinar las causas sociales de la emergencia del peronismo, incursionar en la historia de la clase obrera o estudiar las características y la evolución de la burguesía argentina durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Entre esas razones, hay que destacar la capacidad de...
17) Política exterior, hegemonía y estados pequeños: El caso de los países centroamericanos y bálticos
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La vinculación entre política exterior, hegemonía y Estados pequeños, utilizando un estudio de caso para contrastar la conducta de tres países centroamericanos, con la influencia de Estados Unidos como potencia hegemónica, y la de tres países bálticos, bajo la hegemonía de Rusia, lleva al autor por tres caminos que tradicionalmente las investigaciones sobre las relaciones internacionales han recorrido en forma separada. Carlos Murillo demuestra...
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"To Know Machiavelli" is the only book since 1927 that brings together a complete, critical examination of Niccolò Machiavelli's political ideas in the context of his personal and historical circumstance. This volume acquires further relevance on the eve of the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's "Discorsi Sopra la Prima Deca di Tito Livio," which reflects his realistic spirit, love for his country, and vocation for the republic and freedom.
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Las elecciones de 1973 en Argentina no eran solo el retorno a la democracia, sino también el regreso del peronismo al juego electoral. El partido necesitaba reorganizarse a lo largo de todo el país.
Prohibido de participar en las elecciones, Perón dibuja las principales candidaturas para todos los distritos. La provincia de Santa Fe nunca fue fácil para el General. En una jugada inesperada, designa a un candidato extrapartidario, tras lo cual...
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En este hermoso y valioso volumen, Lewis Mumford hace balance crítico del pensamiento utópico: su historia, sus fundamentos básicos, sus aportaciones positivas, sus cargas negativas y sus debilidades.
Releyendo las utopías más conocidas e influyentes y los mitos sociales que han desempeñado un papel de primer orden en Occidente, y contrastándolos con las utopías sociales parciales todavía recientes, Mumford valora el impacto que todas estas...
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