David Runciman
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Confronting Leviathan
Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics host David Runciman, A History of Ideas explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics - from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, and from revolution to lock down.
While explaining the most important and often-cited ideas of thinkers such as Constant, De Tocqueville, Marx and Engels, Hayek, MacKinnon and Fukuyama, David Runciman shows how crises - revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics - generated these new ways of political thinking. This is a history of ideas to help make sense of what's happening today.
Átadás
Ez a könyv radikálisan új nézőpontból értelmezi az elmúlt mintegy fél évezred globális történelmét, világossá teszi, hogy az MI megjelenésével tovább bővült azoknak a mesterségesen létrehozott, létfontosságú és személytelen hatalmaknak - vagyis az államoknak és nagyvállalatoknak - a köre, amelyekre az emberiség eddig is átruházta élete irányításának és felelősségének jogát.
Nem a csodavárásunkat és nem a rettegésünket szólítja meg, hanem az értelmünket, a racionális gondolkodásunkat. Páratlan tisztánlátással megérteti velünk, hogy az emberiség olyan kihívások előtt áll a 21. században, amilyenekkel történelme során még soha nem kellett szembenéznie. Jövőnket, gyermekeink és unokáink sorsát az államok, a nagyvállalatok és a gondolkodó gépek egymás közötti hatalmi harca, háborúja vagy békés kiegyezése dönti el.
Politics Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics In the first title of an exciting new series one of the world's leading political scientists asks the big questions about politics: what is it, why we do we need it and where, in these turbulent times, is it heading? From the gap between rich and poor to the impact of social media, via Machiavelli, Hobbes and Weber, Runciman's comprehensive short introduction is invaluable to those studying politics or those who want to know how life in Denmark became more comfortable than in Syria. The Ideas in Profile series is what introductions can and should be. Concise, clear, relevant, entertaining, original and global in scope, Politics makes essential reading for anyone, from students to the general reader.
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12,30 €
12,95 €
Where Power Stops
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagined was illusory. Their sweeping visions of reform faltered. They faced bureaucratic obstructions, but often the biggest obstruction was their own character.
However, their personalities could help them as much as hurt them. Arguably the most successful of them, LBJ showed little indication that he supported what he is best known for - the Civil Rights Act - but his grit, resolve, and brute political skill saw him bend Congress to his will.
David Runciman tackles the limitations of high office and how the personal histories of those who achieved the very pinnacles of power helped to define their successes and failures in office. These portraits show what characters are most effective in these offices. Could this be a blueprint for good and effective leadership in an age lacking good leaders?
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17,58 €
18,50 €
