Political Illusion And Reality

Author : David W. Gill,David Lovekin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532649080

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Political Illusion and Reality by David W. Gill,David Lovekin Pdf

Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of "technique" and bureaucracy? Is all politics, then, just an illusory affair of lies, deception, propaganda, partisan passions, and chaos on the surface of government and party? In his vast and penetrating writings, Bordeaux sociologist Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) points in those directions. Political Illusion and Reality is a collection of twenty-three essays on Ellul's political thought. Veteran as well as younger Ellul scholars, political leaders, activists, and pastors, discuss aspects of Ellul's thought as they relate to their own fields of study and political experience. Beginning with his 1936 essay "Fascism, Son of Liberalism," translated and published here in English for the first time, Ellul and these authors will provoke readers to think some new thoughts about politics and government, and think more deeply about the main issues we face in our politically divided and troubled times.

Author : Jacques Ellul
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781606089767

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The Political Illusion by Jacques Ellul Pdf

"What is politization? . . . (It is that) all problems have, in our time, become political." --J. Ellul, from the Introduction Jacques Ellul, the author of The Technological Society and Propaganda, here examines modern man's passion for politics, the roles he plays in them, and his place in the modern state. He holds that everything having now been "politized," anything not directly political fails to arouse widespread interest among contemporary men--and in fact might be said not to exist. He shows that political activity is now a kaleidoscope of interlocking illusions, among which the most basic and damaging are those of popular participation in government, popular control of elected and other officials, and popular solution of public problems. This domination by the political illusion, Ellul demonstrates, explains why men now turn to the state for the solution of all problems--most of them problems that the state could not solve if it tried. This close-reasoned, brilliant diagnosis and prognosis is, like Jacques Ellul's earlier books, an alarming analysis of present-day life.

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791475123

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The Illusion of Freedom and Equality by Richard Stivers Pdf

Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791478035

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The Illusion of Freedom and Equality by Richard Stivers Pdf

Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.

Author : David T. Koyzis
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830872060

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Political Visions & Illusions by David T. Koyzis Pdf

What you believe about politics matters. The decades since the Cold War, with new alignments of post–9/11 global politics and the chaos of the late 2010s, are swirling with alternative visions of political life, ranging from ethnic nationalism to individualistic liberalism. Political ideologies are not merely a matter of governmental efficacy, but are intrinsically and inescapably religious: each carries certain assumptions about the nature of reality, individuals and society, as well as a particular vision for the common good. These fundamental beliefs transcend the political sphere, and the astute Christian observer can discern the ways—sometimes subtle, sometimes not—in which ideologies are rooted in idolatrous worldviews. In this freshly updated, comprehensive study, political scientist David Koyzis surveys the key political ideologies of our era, including liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, democracy, and socialism. Koyzis gives each philosophy careful analysis and fair critique, unpacking the worldview issues inherent to each and pointing out essential strengths and weaknesses, as well as revealing the "narrative structure" of each—the stories they tell to make sense of public life and the direction of history. Koyzis concludes by proposing alternative models that flow out of Christianity's historic engagement with the public square, retrieving approaches for both individuals and the global, institutional church that hold promise for the complex political realities of the twenty-first century. Writing with broad international perspective and keen analytical insight, Koyzis is a sane and sensible guide for Christians working in the public square, culture watchers, political pundits, and all students of modern political thought.

Author : Lennox Algernon Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0835770303

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Southeast Asia by Lennox Algernon Mills Pdf

Author : W. Lance Bennett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226345055

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News by W. Lance Bennett Pdf

Can real news survive in an era of social media and spin? An updated edition of the “smart, provocative introduction to media and American politics.”—Paul Freedman, author of Campaign Advertising and American Democracy For over thirty years, News: The Politics of Illusion has not simply reflected the political communication field—it has played a major role in shaping it. Today, the familiar news organizations of the legacy press are operating in a fragmenting and expanding mediaverse as online competitors challenge the very definition of news itself. We’re inundated with opinions, gossip, clickbait, false equivalencies, targeting, and other challenges—while at the same time, the rise of serious investigative organizations such as ProPublica presents yet a different challenge to legacy journalism. Lance Bennett’s thoroughly revised tenth edition offers an up-to-date guide to understanding how and why the media and news landscapes are being transformed. It explains the mix of old and new, and points to possible outcomes. Where areas of change are clearly established, key concepts from earlier editions have been revised. There are new case studies, updates on old favorites, and insightful analyses of how novel kinds of information and engagement are affecting our politics. As always, News presents fresh evidence and arguments that invite new ways of thinking about the political information system and its place in democracy. “Bennett argues that the American political information system—with news at its center—is broken, with serious consequences for democracy. Bennett lays out his case and invites readers to make up their own minds.”—Paul Freedman, University of Virginia

Author : Chris Hedges
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307398581

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Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges Pdf

Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.

Author : W. Lance Bennett
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015031852059

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News by W. Lance Bennett Pdf

Author : Raymond Geuss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521000432

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History and Illusion in Politics by Raymond Geuss Pdf

The distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss examines critically the central topics in Western political thought. In a series of analytic chapters he discusses the state, authority, violence and coercion, the concept of legitmacy, liberalism, toleration, freedom, democracy, and human rights. He argues that the liberal democratic state committed to the defense of human rights is in fact a confused conjunction of disparate elements. This is a profound and concise essay on the basic structure of contemporary politics, written throughout in voice that is skeptical, engaged, and clear.

Author : Fred L. Block
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520959071

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Capitalism by Fred L. Block Pdf

Virtually everyone—left, right, and center—believes that capitalist economies are autonomous, coherent, and regulated by their own internal laws. This view is an illusion. The reality is that economies organized around the pursuit of private profit are contradictory, incoherent, and heavily shaped by politics and governmental action. But the illusion remains hugely consequential because it has been embraced by political and economic elites who are convinced that they are powerless to change this system. The result is cycles of raised hopes followed by disappointment as elected officials discover they have no legitimate policy tools that can deliver what the public wants. In Capitalism, leading economic sociologist Fred L. Block argues that restoring the vitality of the United States and the world economy can be accomplished only with major reforms on the scale of the New Deal and the post–World War II building of new global institutions.

Author : John Charney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509908899

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The Illusion of the Free Press by John Charney Pdf

This book explores the relationship between truth and freedom in the free press. It argues that the relationship is problematic because the free press implies a competition between plural ideas, whereas truth is univocal. Based on this tension the book claims that the idea of a free press is premised on an epistemological illusion. This illusion enables society to maintain that the world it perceives through the press corresponds to the world as it actually exists, explaining why defenders of the free press continue to rely on its capacity to discover the truth, despite economic conditions and technological innovations undermining much of its independence. The book invites the reader to reconsider the philosophical foundations, constitutional justifications, and structure and functions of the free press, and whether the institution can, in fact, realise both freedom and truth. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned in the role and value of the free press in the modern world.

Author : Jean Baudrillard
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804725012

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The Illusion of the End by Jean Baudrillard Pdf

The year 2000, the end of the millennium: is this anything other than a mirage, the illusion of an end, like so many other imaginary endpoints which have littered the path of history? In this remarkable book Jean Baurdrillard—France's leading theorist of postmodernity—argues that the notion of the end is part of the fantasy of a linear history. Today we are not approaching the end of history but moving into reverse, into a process of systematic obliteration. We are wiping out the entire twentieth century, effacing all signs of the cold War one by one, perhaps even the signs of the First and Second World Wars and of the political and ideological revolutions of our time. In short, we are engaged in a gigantic process of historical revisionism, and we seem in a hurry to finish it before the end of the century, secretly hoping perhaps to be able to begin again from scratch. Baudrillard explores the "fatal strategies of time" which shape our ways of thinking about history and its imaginary end. Ranging from the revolutions in Eastern Europe to the Gulf War, from the transformation of nature to the hyper-reality of the media, this postmodern mediation on modernity and its aftermath will be widely read.

Author : Lennox Algernon Mills
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Southeast Asia
ISBN : 9781452911694

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Southeast Asia by Lennox Algernon Mills Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 938557809X

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Illusion and Reality by Anonim Pdf