Crises Of The Republic

Author : Hannah Arendt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0156232006

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Crises of the Republic by Hannah Arendt Pdf

In this stimulating collection of studies, Dr. Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early '70s as challenges to the American form of government. The book begins with "Lying in Politics," a penetrating analysis of the Pentagon Papers that deals with the role of image-making and public relations in politics. "Civil Disobedience" examines the various opposition movements from the Freedom Riders to the war resisters and the segregationists. "Thoughts on Politics and Revolution," cast in the form of an interview, contains a commentary to the author's theses in "On Violence." Through the connected essays, Dr. Arendt examines, defines, and clarifies the concerns of the American citizen of the time.--From publisher description.

Author : Hannah Arendt
Publisher : Important Books
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 8087888952

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On Violence by Hannah Arendt Pdf

An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. "Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times"(Nation). Index.

Author : John Ashworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107024083

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The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861 by John Ashworth Pdf

Meticulously analyses the political climate in the years leading up to the American Civil War and the causes of that conflict.

Author : Hannah Arendt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:802771010

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Crises of the Republic by Hannah Arendt Pdf

Author : Adam Przeworski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108498807

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Crises of Democracy by Adam Przeworski Pdf

Examines the economic, social, cultural, as well as purely political threats to democracy in the light of current knowledge.

Author : Stephen Gill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139503648

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Global Crises and the Crisis of Global Leadership by Stephen Gill Pdf

This groundbreaking collection on global leadership features innovative and critical perspectives by scholars from international relations, political economy, medicine, law and philosophy, from North and South. The book's novel theorization of global leadership is situated historically within the classics of modern political theory and sociology, relating it to the crisis of global capitalism today. Contributors reflect on the multiple political, economic, social, ecological and ethical crises that constitute our current global predicament. The book suggests that there is an overarching condition of global organic crisis, which shapes the political and organizational responses of the dominant global leadership and of various subaltern forces. Contributors argue that to meaningfully address the challenges of the global crisis will require far more effective, inclusive and legitimate forms of global leadership and global governance than have characterized the neoliberal era.

Author : Benjamin Straumann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199950928

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Crisis and Constitutionalism by Benjamin Straumann Pdf

"The crisis and fall of the Roman Republic spawned a tradition of political thought that sought to evade the Republic's fate--despotism. Thinkers from Cicero to Bodin, Montesquieu and the American Founders saw constitutionalism, not virtue, as the remedy. This study traces Roman constitutional thought from antiquity to the Revolutionary Era"--

Author : Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250244437

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Four Threats by Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman Pdf

An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic to the present. In Four Threats, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman explore five moments in history when democracy in the U.S. was under siege: the 1790s, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Depression, and Watergate. These episodes risked profound—even fatal—damage to the American democratic experiment. From this history, four distinct characteristics of disruption emerge. Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power—alone or in combination—have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived—so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist. This convergence marks the contemporary era as a grave moment for democracy. But history provides a valuable repository from which we can draw lessons about how democracy was eventually strengthened—or weakened—in the past. By revisiting how earlier generations of Americans faced threats to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, we can see the promise and the peril that have led us to today and chart a path toward repairing our civic fabric and renewing democracy.

Author : Jussi Parikka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745661391

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What is Media Archaeology? by Jussi Parikka Pdf

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.

Author : Teodoro A. Agoncillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Philippines
ISBN : UOM:39015014312691

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Malolos: the Crisis of the Republic by Teodoro A. Agoncillo Pdf

Author : Martin Gurri
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781953953346

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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri Pdf

How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. Originally published in 2014, The Revolt of the Public is now available in an updated edition, which includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit. The book concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.

Author : Hannah Arendt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760577395

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Crises of the Republic by Hannah Arendt Pdf

Author : Gregory K. Golden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067707

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Crisis Management during the Roman Republic by Gregory K. Golden Pdf

'Crisis' is the defining word for our times and it likewise played a key role in defining the scope of government during the Roman Republic. This book is a comprehensive analysis of key incidents in the history of the Republic that can be characterized as crises, and the institutional response mechanisms that were employed by the governing apparatus to resolve them. Concentrating on military and other violent threats to the stability of the governing system, this book highlights both the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional framework that the Romans created. Looking at key historical moments, Gregory K. Golden considers how the Romans defined a crisis and what measures were taken to combat them, including declaring a state of emergency, suspending all non-war-related business, and instituting an emergency military draft, as well as resorting to rule by dictator in the early Republic.

Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316409155

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Upheaval by Jared Diamond Pdf

A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet.

Author : Bruce Ackerman
Publisher : Harvard + ORM
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674261365

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The Decline and Fall of the American Republic by Bruce Ackerman Pdf

“Audacious . . . offers a fierce critique of democracy’s most dangerous adversary: the abuse of democratic power by democratically elected chief executives.” (Benjamin R. Barber, New York Times bestselling author of Jihad vs. McWorld ) Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another?from the rise of presidential primaries, to the role of pollsters and media gurus, to the centralization of power in White House czars, to the politicization of the military, to the manipulation of constitutional doctrine to justify presidential power-grabs. He shows how these different transformations can interact to generate profound constitutional crises in the twenty-first century?and then proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward. “The questions [Ackerman] raises regarding the threat of the American Executive to the republic are daunting. This fascinating book does an admirable job of laying them out.” —The Rumpus “Ackerman worries that the office of the presidency will continue to grow in political influence in the coming years, opening possibilities for abuse of power if not outright despotism.” —Boston Globe “A serious attention-getter.” —Joyce Appleby, author of The Relentless Revolution “Those who care about the future of our nation should pay careful heed to Ackerman’s warning, as well as to his prescriptions for avoiding a constitutional disaster.” —Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times