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Author : Richard A. Falk
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002625411
Written under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University.
Author : Richard A. Falk
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013403558
Written under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University.
Author : Catherine Epstein
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674036543
"The Last Revolutionaries" tells a story of unwavering political devotion: it follows the lives of German communists across the tumultuous twentieth century. Before 1945, German communists were political outcasts in the Weimar Republic and courageous resisters in Nazi Germany; they also suffered Stalin's Great Purges and struggled through emigration in countries hostile to communism. After World War II, they became leaders of East Germany, where they ran a dictatorial regime until they were swept out of power by the people's revolution of 1989. In a compelling collective biography, Catherine Epstein conveys the hopes, fears, dreams, and disappointments of a generation that lived their political commitment. Focusing on eight individuals, "The Last Revolutionaries" shows how political ideology drove people's lives. Some of these communists, including the East German leaders Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker, enjoyed great personal success. But others, including the purge victims Franz Dahlem and Karl Schirdewan, experienced devastating losses. And, as the book demonstrates, female and Jewish communists faced their own sets of difficulties in the movement to which they had given their all. Drawing on previously inaccessible sources as well as extensive personal interviews, Epstein offers an unparalleled portrait of the most enduring and influential generation of Central European communists. In the service of their party, these communists experienced solidarity and betrayal, power and persecution, sacrifice and reward, triumph and defeat. At once sordid and poignant, theirs is the story of European communism--from the heroic excitement of its youth, to the bureaucratic authoritarianism of its middle age, to the sorry debacle of its death.
Author : Virginia Held
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190454227
What is terrorism? How is it different from other kinds of political violence? Why exactly is it wrong? Why is war often thought capable of being justified? On what grounds should we judge when the use of violence is morally acceptable? It is often thought that using violence to uphold and enforce the rule of law can be justified, that violence used in self-defense is acceptable, and that some liberation movements can be excused for using violence--but that terrorism is always wrong. How persuasive are these arguments, and on what bases should we judge them? How Terrorism is Wrong collects articles by Virginia Held along with much new material. It offers a moral assessment of various forms of political violence, with terrorism the focus of much of the discussion. Here and throughout, Held examines possible causes discussed, including the connection between terrorism and humiliation. Held also considers military intervention, conventional war, intervention to protect human rights, violence to prevent political change, and the status and requirements of international law. She looks at the cases of Rwanda, Kosovo, Iraq, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Finally, she explores questions of who has legitimate authority to engage in justifiable uses of violence, whether groups can be responsible for ethnic violence, and how the media should cover terrorism. Held discusses appropriate ways of engaging in moral evaluation and improving our moral recommendations concerning the uses of violence. Just war theory has been developed for violence between the military forces of conflicting states, but much contemporary political violence is not of this kind. Held considers the guidance offered by such traditional moral theories as Kantian ethics and utilitarianism, and also examines what the newer approach of the ethics of care can contribute to our evaluations of violence. Care is obviously antithetical to violence since violence destroys what care takes pains to build; but the ethics of care recognizes that violence is not likely to disappear from human affairs, and can offer realistic understandings of how best to reduce it.
Author : I. Primoratz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230204546
The first comprehensive discussion of all the main philosophical issues raised by terrorism against the background of its past and recent developments. Prominent philosophers discuss definitions of terrorism, various approaches to its moral evaluation, and the contentious subject of state terrorism. Also included are four case studies, showing how the concepts and arguments philosophers deploy in discussing violence, war and terrorism apply to particular instances of both insurgent and state terrorism, ranging from World War II to September 11, 2001.
Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010213986
Author : Montgomery Blair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Abolitionists
ISBN : OSU:32435010854933
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : East Asia
ISBN : UIUC:30112083416013
Author : United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Germany
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026307384
Author : Vladimir Lenin,John Reed
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000063349
Lenin wrote The State and Revolution in August and September 1917, when he was in hiding from persecution of the Provisional Government. The need for such a theoretical work as this was mentioned by Lenin in the second half of 1916. The State and Revolution describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. Ten Days That Shook the World (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, which Reed experienced firsthand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders closely during his time in Russia. Reed described the practice of the dictatorship of the proletariat, which Lenin theoretically substantiated.
Author : Dr Stephanie Cronin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134328895
Even though the left has never held power in Iran, its impact on the political, intellectual and cultural development of modern Iran has been profound. This book's authors undertake a fundamental re-examination and re-appraisal of the phenomenon of leftist activism in Iran, interpreted in the broadest sense, throughout the period of its existence up to and including the present.
Author : Muriel Blaive
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350051737
Drawing on archival sources from Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany, Romania and Bulgaria, Perceptions of Society in Communist Europe considers whether and to what extent communist regimes cared about popular opinion, how they obtained their information, and how it helped them implement and maintain their rule. Contrary to popular belief, communist regimes sought to legitimise their domination with minimal resort to violence in order to maintain their everyday power. This entailed a permanent negotiation process between the rulers and the ruled, with public approval of governmental policies becoming key to their success. By analysing topics such as a Stalinist musical in Czechoslovakia, workers' letters to the leadership in Romania, children's television in Poland and the figure of the secret agent in contemporary culture, as well as many more besides, Muriel Blaive and the contributors demonstrate the potential of social history to deconstruct parochial national perceptions of communism. This cutting-edge volume is a vital resource for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates studying East-Central European history, Stalinism and comparative communism.
Author : James T. Myers,Jürgen Domes,Milton D. Yeh
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0872496015
An analytical overview of the period, with the overall aim being to provide a comprehensive reference work together with narrative commentary that will make the most important personalities & events of this period of Chinese political history available to interested readers in a convenient & accessible series of volumes.
Author : Rachel Hammersley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472517227
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Since at least the mid-seventeenth century, the concept of revolution has been an important tool both for those seeking to bring about political change and for those trying to understand it. And it is as relevant today as it has ever been. This volume re-evaluates our understanding of the history of revolutionary thought by examining a selection of key texts. These range from the 17th to the 20th century, and are carefully chosen to include both constitutional documents and theoretical works by figures such as James Harrington, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maximilian Robespierre, Peter Kropotkin and Deng Xiaoping Each chapter engages with a particular revolutionary moment via a specific text, usually an extract of around 300 words, and considers the significance of the text for the history of revolutionary thought. The structure of the book allows readers to make connections and comparisons across the different revolutionary texts and moments, thereby providing a broader, deeper and more nuanced understanding of revolutions. Stimulating, accessible and interdisciplinary, Revolutionary Moments will appeal to students and researchers in the history of political thought and intellectual history, and beyond.
Author : Dianne Feeley,Paul Le Blanc,Thomas Twiss
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608464555
This is the first comprehensive examination of Leon Trotsky's view on revolutionary organizational principles, and the dynamic interplay of democratic initiative and principled centralism. Mostly in his own words, these writings are grounded in Trotsky's experience in Russia's revolutionary movement, as a leader of the International Left Opposition and Fourth International.