Titoli in Ideologie e dottrine

Democratic politics is expensive. In US presidential elections, for instance, total spending now exceeds $6.5 billion. In the US, election campaigns are largely funded by private donations from individuals and corporate entities, whereas in Germany, the state is the main funder of electoral politics through subventions to parties.

Scholars and citizens have often assumed that dispassionate rationality, reciprocity, and nonviolent tolerance are necessary conditions for the sustained development of democracy. Accordingly, they reject oppositional parties that spurn consensus and terms of mutual respect—and often use force to accomplish their political goals—denouncing extremists as antidemocratic.

Between King Cotton and Queen Victoria recenters our understanding of the Civil War by framing it as a hemispheric affair, deeply influenced by the actions of a network of private parties and minor officials in the Confederacy and British territory in and around North America. John Wilkes Booth likely would not have been in a position to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, for example, without the logistical support and assistance of the pro-Confederate network in Canada.

Are we living through the end of the democratic moment? While democracy once seemed the bedrock of Western societies, the past few decades have revealed a fragile reality. Once liberal countries are turning to authoritarianism, wealthy individuals and corporations are interfering with elections evermore flagrantly, and faith in democracy has plummeted among every demographic. What happened? From gerrymandering and partisanship to corporate interference and tainted donations, A. C. Grayling reveals the forces undermining our democratic ideals and offers bold solutions.

A rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement “A stirring battle cry on behalf of our shared humanity against the forces that seek to diminish and...

As former Prime Minister and our longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story. In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the son of a minister, the near loss of his eyesight as a student and the death of his daughter within days of her birth, he shares the passionately held principles that have shaped and driven him, reminding us that politics can and should be a calling to serve.

From Myanmar's highlands to the British Pennines, from slow travel between coffee plantations in Borneo to a cross-continent odyssey on African railways, from the pioneers of the American West to European trains in war, this is a new prism through which to explore human lives, and global landscapes, politics and history. The Untold Railway Stories is a testament to both the joy and impact of train travel - to the ambition and ingenuity, and also to destruction and sacrifice within its history - and is published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway line.

1834 veröffentlicht, prangert Georg Büchner darin mit scharfer Feder die sozialen Missstände seiner Zeit an – ein mutiges, eindringliches Plädoyer für Gerechtigkeit und Menschenwürde. Büchner analysiert die Kluft zwischen arm und reich, kritisiert die Unterdrückung der Landbevölkerung und ruft zum Widerstand auf. Trotz der Kürze ist der Text von immenser politischer Sprengkraft – und hat bis heute an Relevanz nichts verloren.

Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels formulierten im Jahr 1848 mit dem Kommunistischen Manifest eine radikale Analyse des Kapitalismus und seiner Widersprüche – verbunden mit dem Aufruf zur politischen Aktion. Auch heute noch polarisiert, provoziert und inspiriert das Werk – ein Text, der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart verbindet. Ein Klassiker der politischen Theorie – wortgewaltig, analytisch & historisch bedeutsam.

In Democracy In Danger, Braun, a veteran of 3 presidential campaigns and former White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, reveals what the national security apparatus, local election administrators, and political parties have gotten wrong about election security and what America needs to do to protect the ballot box in 2020 and beyond.

Max Stirners Der Einzige und sein Eigentum erschien 1844 – und wirkt bis heute provokant. In einer Zeit politischer und religiöser Umbrüche formuliert Stirner ein kompromissloses Plädoyer für das Ich als einzig legitime Instanz. Alles, was über dem Individuum steht – Staat, Kirche, Moral –, erklärt er zum „Spuk". Ein radikaler Gegenentwurf zu Hegel, ein Vorgriff auf Nietzsche – und ein Werk, das den Individualismus in seiner schärfsten Form entfaltet.

The Communist Manifesto stands as one of the most influential and incendiary documents in modern history, a concise yet world-shaking declaration that exposed the deep fractures beneath industrial society and demanded that listeners reconsider every assumption about wealth, labor, and power.

Dawno oczekiwana książka prof. Andrzeja Nowaka zawierająca jego wykłady stawiające fundamentalne dla Polaków pytania o narodową tożsamość, o wspólnotę, wierność narodowym pryncypiom. Ale autor pyta też o zdradę – te nasze indywidualne i wielkie narodowe, wskazując jednoznacznie, że Targowica nie narodziła się nagle, a narastała jak wrzód na żywej tkance wspólnoty. Wolność obywatelska w republice polega na tym, żeby wybierać tak, aby dobrze było nie tylko jednostkom, ale by Rzeczpospolita kwitła jako wspólne dobro.

Warum lässt sich die Öffentlichkeit durch Spekulation über Erlösung oder Auslöschung durch KI von den erheblichen Schäden durch KI in unserer Gegenwart ablenken? Wie erkennen wir die zunehmend faschistischen Tendenzen, die sich im Zusammenspiel von Tech-Industrie und der neuen Rechten bilden? Rainer Mühlhoff entwickelt Antworten und diskutiert Lösungsansätze.

Brought to you by Penguin. Trump’s second term, even more than his first, is often called ‘unprecedented’. But history shows that Trump and his policies are as American as apple pie… Much of what Donald Trump does seems maverick and even mad. His actions and policy pronouncements are a...

An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are...

The definitive, unbiased account of the twenty-four hours surrounding the historic January 6th attack on the Capitol. Read by Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Flanagan, Soneela Nankani, Timothy Andrés Pabon​, Leon Nixon and Arthur Morey with archival audio throughout. The January 6th insurrection...

The 24 Hours in Charlottesville author offers a minute-by-minute account of the January 6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there Neus goes beyond mainstream reporting to reveal important truths about the US white nationalist movement This bracing account reconstructs...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of On Liberty, written and read by Shami Chakrabarti. On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are...

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Econocracy by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins, read by Jonathan Keeble. A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language...