126 Results for : despotism
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Will the Boat Sink the Water: The Life of China's Peasants , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 484min
The Chinese Economic miracle is happening despite, not because of, China's 900 million peasants. They are missing from the portraits of booming Shanghai, or Beijing. Many of China's underclass live under a feudalistic system unchanged since the 15th century.Wu Chuntao and Chen Guidi undertook a three-year survey of what had happened to the peasants in one of the poorest provinces, Anhui, asking the question: have the peasants been betrayed by the revolution undertaken in their name by Mao and his successors? The result is a brilliant narrative of life among the poor, a vivid portrait of the petty dictators that run China's villages and counties, and the consequences of their bullying despotism on the people they administer.Told principally through four dramatic narratives, Will the Boat Sink the Water? gives voice to the unheard masses and looks beneath the gloss of the new China to find the truth about its vast population of rural poor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Chen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001084/bk_adbl_001084_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America (eBook, ePUB)
Democracy in America (1835) was one of the most influential books of the 19th century.Tocqueville believed that equality was the great political and social idea of his era, and he thought that the United States offered the most advanced example of equality in action.In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years.Tocqueville speculates on the future of democracy in the United States, discussing possible threats to democracy and possible dangers of democracy. These include his belief that democracy has a tendency to degenerate into "soft despotism" as well as the risk of developing a tyranny of the majority.Tocqueville was impressed by much of what he saw in American life, admiring the stability of its economy and wondering at the popularity of its churches. He also noted the irony of the freedom-loving nations mistreatment of Native Americans and its embrace of slavery.- Shop: buecher
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The Political Theory of Tyranny in Singapore and Burma
The Political Theory of Tyranny in Singapore and Burma ab 45.49 € als epub eBook: Aristotle and the Rhetoric of Benevolent Despotism. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu
The Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu ab 57.49 € als epub eBook: Humanitarian Despotism and the Conditions of Modern Tyranny. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Statesman as Thinker (eBook, ePUB)
In The Statesman as Thinker, Daniel J. Mahoney provides thoughtful and elegant portraits of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom during times of crisis: Cicero using all the powers of rhetoric to preserve republican liberty in Rome against Caesar's encroaching autocracy; Burke defending ordered liberty against Jacobin tyranny in revolutionary France; Tocqueville defending liberty and human dignity against blind reaction, democratic impatience, and revolutionary fanaticism; Lincoln preserving the American republic and putting an end to chattel slavery; Churchill defending liberty and law and opposing Nazi and Communist despotism; de Gaulle defending the honor of France during World War II; and Havel fighting Communism before 1989 and then leading the Czech Republic with dignity and grace. Mahoney makes sense of the mixture of magnanimity and moderation that defines the statesman as thinker at his or her best. That admirable mixture of greatness, courage, and moderation owes much to classical and Christian wisdom and to the noble desire to protect the inheritance of civilization against rapacious and destructive despotic regimes and ideologies.- Shop: buecher
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The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation
In The Statesman as Thinker, Daniel J. Mahoney provides thoughtful and elegant portraits of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom during times of crisis: Cicero using all the powers of rhetoric to preserve republican liberty in Rome against Caesar's encroaching autocracy; Burke defending ordered liberty against Jacobin tyranny in revolutionary France; Tocqueville defending liberty and human dignity against blind reaction, democratic impatience, and revolutionary fanaticism; Lincoln preserving the American republic and putting an end to chattel slavery; Churchill defending liberty and law and opposing Nazi and Communist despotism; de Gaulle defending the honor of France during World War II; and Havel fighting Communism before 1989 and then leading the Czech Republic with dignity and grace. Mahoney makes sense of the mixture of magnanimity and moderation that defines the statesman as thinker at his or her best. That admirable mixture of greatness, courage, and moderation owes much to classical and Christian wisdom and to the noble desire to protect the inheritance of civilization against rapacious and destructive despotic regimes and ideologies.- Shop: buecher
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Study Guide: Animal Farm by George Orwell , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min
SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Animal Farm by George Orwell includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as how equality can fail in practice and the way revolutions come full circle. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.Published in 1945, Animal Farm by George Orwell is political satire in the guise of a moving and whimsical animal fable. The novella is about a group of farm animals who overthrow their owner Mr. Jones and establish animal rule. Although the animals start out with high hopes for Animal Farm as a harmonious and just utopia, it soon descends into tyranny and despotism. This audio study guide presents the same expert content - written by experienced teachers, professors, and literary scholars - in an easy-to-access audio format. SuperSummary study guides demonstrate an authoritative voice, present expert analysis, offer big picture ideas, and help listeners understand a work’s underlying meanings and conclusions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Rice Oxley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228972/bk_acx0_228972_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Maiden Voyage: The Erotic Adventures of Joan of Arc and Space Pirate Captain Cydd Yoshiba, Episode I , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min, (USK 18)
For centuries, prophets and soothsayers have whispered tales of the Light Bringer: a savior from the distant past destined to bring an end to a catastrophic intergalactic war. And now, as the known universe faces the threat of despotism and ruin, this messianic figure emerges from the shadow of long-forgotten fables to bring an end to this unpardonable strife. Captain Cydd Yoshiba, the notorious space pirate and scourge of the Shadow Vox Empire, has dedicated his life to tracking the Light Bringer down - and now he has finally found her. Along with the small crew manning his interstellar battleship, Yoshiba travels back in time to rescue the woman rumored to be this fated messiah: Joan of Arc. Propelled from medieval Europe to the far-flung year of 2977, the famed "maid of Orleans" naturally has trouble acclimating to her strange new surroundings - but that's the least of her worries. As her attachment to Cydd Yoshiba grows and intensifies, so, too, do her first unbidden inklings of sexual desire. It's not long before she is forced to choose between keeping her eternal vows of chastity or indulging in these forbidden erotic fantasies. Will she choose duty over love? How long can she resist these newly awakened desires? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Audrey Lusk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054085/bk_acx0_054085_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Last Candidate: Surviving The Evacuation, Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 556min
Whoever wins the election, humanity will lose. Nine months after the outbreak, 10,000 survivors from across the globe have found a refuge on the Welsh island of Anglesey. Hordes of the undead ravage the wastelands of Britain and Ireland. Satellite images show that the rest of the world is no better. Food, fuel, and ammunition are running low and there are no more old-world supplies with which to replace them. Intended as an alternative to a slide into despotism, an election is called. It is hoped the contest will bring forth solutions to the myriad crises facing this last bastion of humanity. After the favored candidate is hospitalized, suspicion falls on the new frontrunner, a publican who purchased his support with an impossible promise of a return to the pre-apocalyptic world. With no viable candidate, and no way of calling off the election, those who still have access to a ship plan their departure; others plan to rig the contest; a few give up on all plans for a future beyond tomorrow. Anglesey is on the verge of collapse, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Set in Belfast, the Isle of Man, and Wales during the run-up to the election on Anglesey, this is the sixth volume of Bill Wright's journals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Bruce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098853/bk_acx0_098853_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Serious Crimes: Strike a Match, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min
Even after the apocalypse, crimes must be solved. In 2019, the AIs went to war. It lasted three days, until the electromagnetic pulse from hundreds of nuclear bombs destroyed the infected circuits. Billions of people succumbed to radiation, starvation, and disease. But millions survived, and they rebuilt. Twenty years later, a ceremony is being held to mark the first transatlantic broadcast since the Blackout. The Prime Minister of Britain and two of the Presidents of the United States will speak to an audience of nearly 10 million people. Not all are celebrating. Crime is on the rise, and power is once again a prize worth murdering for. Ruth Deering, a new graduate from the police academy, doesn't care about ancient history or current affairs. She only joined the force to escape the smog-infested city. Those hopes are dashed when she is assigned to the Serious Crimes Unit, commanded by the disgraced Sergeant Mitchell. Her first case seems like a simple murder, but the investigation uncovers a counterfeiting ring and a conspiracy that threatens to destroy their fragile democracy. Strike a Match is a transatlantic thriller set in a world of rationing and ruins, democracy and despotism, steam trains and smart phones. This is not the story of how the apocalypse is survived, but of what happens next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fiona Hardingham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/099977/bk_acx0_099977_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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