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Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies

Categorie	Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer	#269602
Titel	Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
Auteur	Signer, Michael
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, St. Martin's Press
Jaar van uitgave	2009
ISBN10	0230606245
ISBN13	9780230606241
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	A demagogue is a tyrant who owes his initial rise to the democratic support of the masses. Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, and Moqtada al-Sadr are all clear examples of this dangerous byproduct of democracy. Demagogue takes a long view of the fight to defend democracy from within, from the brutal general Cleon in ancient Athens, the demagogues who plagued the bloody French Revolution, George W. Bush's naïve democratic experiment in Iraq, and beyond. This compelling narrative weaves stories about some of history's most fascinating figures, including Adolf Hitler, Senator Joe McCarthy, and General Douglas Macarthur, and explains how humanity's urge for liberty can give rise to dark forces that threaten that very freedom. To find the solution to democracy's demagogue problem, the book delves... (Lees verder) into the stories of four great thinkers who all personally struggled with democracy--Plato, Alexis de Tocqueville, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt.
Pagina's	272
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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