Sabrina P. Ramet

Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with modern culture. But rather than seeking to return to earlier ways of working these movements and regimes sought to design a new future - an alternative future - that would restore the nation to spiritual and political health. The Fascists, for their part, specifically promoted palingenesis, which is to say the spiritual rebirth of the nation. The book closes with a long epilogue, in which Ramet defends liberal democracy, highlighting its strengths and advantages. In this chapter, the author identifies five key choke points, which would-be authoritarians typically seek to control, subvert, or instrumentalize: electoral rules, the judiciary, the media, hate speech, and surveillance, and looks at the cases of Viktor Orbn's Hungary, JarosA aw KaczyA ski's Poland, and Donald Trump's United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Central European University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789633863107
• Artikelnr.: 66241640

Autorenporträt

Sabrina P. Ramet is an American humorist and Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. She is the author of 16 works of history and co-author (with Torbjørn Knutsen) of a book about German philosophy (published by New Academia Publishing in 2023). She is also the author of two novels: Café Bombshell: The International Brain Surgery Conspiracy and The Curse of the Aztec Dummy: A Nebraskan Chronicle.