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De: Ivan Krastev, y otros
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The Demon in Democracy
- Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies
- De: Ryszard Legutko, John O'Sullivan, Teresa Adelson
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades - and he fought with the Polish anti-communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two decades under a liberal democracy, however, he has discovered that these two political systems have a lot more in common than one might think. They both stem from the same historical roots in early modernity, and accept similar presuppositions about history, society, religion, politics, culture, and human nature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important book on political philosophy
- De Wayne en 08-02-19
De: Ryszard Legutko, y otros
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The Smallest Minority
- Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
- De: Kevin D. Williamson
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Listener beware: Kevin D. Williamson - the lively, literary firebrand from National Review who was too hot for The Atlantic to handle - comes to bury democracy, not to praise it. With electrifying honesty and spirit, Williamson takes a flamethrower to mob politics, the “beast with many heads” that haunts social media and what currently passes for real life. It’s destroying our capacity for individualism and dragging us down “the Road to Smurfdom, the place where the deracinated demos of the Twitter age finds itself feeling small and blue.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brutally honest, accurate and relevant
- De Sean en 09-19-19
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Suicide of the West
- How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
- De: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrado por: Jonah Goldberg
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift ourselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of history. If democracy, individualism, and the free market were humankind’s destiny, they should have appeared and taken hold a bit earlier in the evolutionary record. The emergence of freedom and prosperity was nothing short of a miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Put some gratitude in your attitude
- De Amazon Customer en 04-25-18
De: Jonah Goldberg
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What's So Great About America
- De: Dinesh D'Souza
- Narrado por: Dinesh D'Souza
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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America is under attack as never before - not only from terrorists, but from people who provide a rationale for terrorism. Best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza takes on all of America's critics and proves them wrong - as perhaps only a writer with an immigrant's understanding of this country can.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellant!
- De William J. Schleue en 01-02-03
De: Dinesh D'Souza
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
- Henry Kissinger and His World
- De: Barry Gewen
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 18 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure. Notoriously, he believed that foreign affairs ought to be based primarily on the power relationships of a situation, not simply on ethics. He went so far as to argue that under certain circumstances America had to protect its national interests even if that meant repressing other countries' attempts at democracy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but rambles
- De K en 02-17-21
De: Barry Gewen
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Democracy Matters
- Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
- De: Cornel West
- Narrado por: Cornel West
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and powerful critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post-9/11 age of terrorist rage and imperial overreach, and an inspiring call for a resurgence of the deep democratic tradition in our country, which has waged war on the forces of imperialist corruption throughout our history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written, a refreshing voice of inspiration
- De Gabriel en 07-06-05
De: Cornel West
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The End of History and the Last Man
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important discussion expertly narrated
- De Kevin Teeple en 06-27-19
De: Francis Fukuyama
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On Freedom
- Four Songs of Care and Constraint
- De: Maggie Nelson
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept's complexities in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just great
- De Kristi Strong en 12-14-21
De: Maggie Nelson
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Last Call for Liberty
- How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
- De: Os Guinness
- Narrado por: Os Guinness
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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The hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten to tear the country apart. Competing visions have led to a dangerous moment of cultural self-destruction. This is no longer politics as usual, but an era of political warfare where our enemies are not foreign adversaries, but our fellow citizens. Yet the roots of the crisis are deeper than many realize. Os Guinness argues that we face a fundamental crisis of freedom, as America's genius for freedom has become her Achilles' heel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking Work On Liberty In America
- De Ezekiel en 05-28-19
De: Os Guinness
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 23 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism", beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the 19th century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- De Roger en 08-04-08
De: Hannah Arendt
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Culture and Imperialism
- De: Edward Said
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 19 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism, this book explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. This classic study, the direct successor to Said's main work, is read by Peter Ganim ( Orientalism).
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5 out of 5 stars
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BRAVO, AUDIBLE!! WE NEED MORE SAID!! REAL BOOKS!!
- De AnthonyStevens en 02-27-11
De: Edward Said
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We Stand Divided
- The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
- De: Daniel Gordis
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel’s founding 70 years ago, particularly as memory of the Holocaust and of Israel’s early vulnerability has receded, the divide has grown only wider. Most explanations pin the blame on Israel’s handling of its conflict with the Palestinians, Israel’s attitude toward non-Orthodox Judaism, and Israel’s dismissive attitude toward American Jews in general. In short, the cause for the rupture is not what Israel is; it’s what Israel does.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jews Will Argue With Each Other
- De Benzion N. Chinn en 09-12-19
De: Daniel Gordis
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How Democracy Ends
- De: David Runciman
- Narrado por: David Runciman
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Since the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even in some of the world's most stable democracies. How bad could things get? In How Democracy Ends, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated 20th-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable....
De: David Runciman
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Propaganda
- The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
- De: Jacques Ellul
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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From one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach but a sociological approach as well, Jacques Ellul outlines the taxonomy for propaganda and, ultimately, its destructive nature towards democracy. Drawing from his own experiences fighting for the French resistance against the Vichy regime, Ellul offers a unique insight into the propaganda machine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent analysis on the dichotomies of propagandize media
- De Anonymous User en 04-03-21
De: Jacques Ellul
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Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
- Thinkers of the New Left
- De: Roger Scruton
- Narrado por: Rory Barnett
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as E. P. Thompson, Ronald Dworkin, R. D. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Žižek, Ralph Milliband, and Eric Hobsbawm. Scruton delivers a critique of modern left-wing thinking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deconstructing the New Left
- De Wayne en 01-17-20
De: Roger Scruton
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Discourse on Colonialism
- De: Aimé Césaire
- Narrado por: J. Keith Jackson
- Duración: 3 h y 14 m
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This classic work, first published in France in 1955, profoundly influenced the generation of scholars and activists at the forefront of liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Nearly 20 years later, when published for the first time in English, Discourse on Colonialism inspired a new generation engaged in the Civil Rights, Black Power, and anti-war movements and has sold more than 75,000 copies to date.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Authentic Analytical Book on Colonialism.
- De Anonymous User en 07-12-23
De: Aimé Césaire
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A blend of history, analysis, and theory, Understanding Socialism is an honest and approachable text that knocks down false narratives, confronts failures and challenges of various socialist experiments throughout history, and offers a path to a new socialism based on workplace democracy.
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Very Enlightening
- De Eric Marecek en 08-16-21
De: Richard D. Wolff
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A History of Western Philosophy and Theology
- De: John M. Frame
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 23 h y 2 m
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A History of Western Philosophy and Theology is the fruit of John Frame's 45 years of teaching philosophical subjects. No other survey of the history of Western thought offers the same invigorating blend of expositional clarity, critical insight, and biblical wisdom.
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Arrogance at its best
- De Justin M. Rogers en 08-05-22
De: John M. Frame
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A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse
- De: David Harvey
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 19 h y 56 m
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David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Grundrisse builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of Capital in a way that will reach as wide an audience as possible. Marx's stated ambition for this text is to reveal "the exact development of the concept of capital as the fundamental concept of modern economics, just as capital itself is the foundation of bourgeois society."
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An engaging reflection on Marx
- De R. Steiner en 07-07-23
De: David Harvey
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Illuminations
- Essays and Reflections
- De: Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht’s epic theater. Illuminations also includes his penetrating study “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, an enlightening discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his theses on the philosophy of history.
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finally
- De Anonymous User en 12-08-21
De: Walter Benjamin, y otros
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Humankind
- Solidarity with Nonhuman People
- De: Timothy Morton
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
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What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and nonlife, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed object-oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with nonhumans, we decide the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with nonhuman beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality.
De: Timothy Morton
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Hipocresía
- De: Slavoj Žižek
- Narrado por: Gustavo Dardes
- Duración: 2 h y 37 m
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Fiel a su estilo irónico y mordaz, Žižek recorre, en esta serie de textos políticos, los cimientos de las civilizaciones occidentales modernas. Spoiler alert: la conclusión es cínica. ¿Qué es lo que hace que la realidad sea soportable y podamos enfrentarla? "Lo siento, pero la hipocresía es la base de la civilización. Los rituales y las apariencias sí importan. Si abandonamos las apariencias y enfrentamos la realidad, esta suele ser bastante horrible".
De: Slavoj Žižek
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- Twain
- 10-07-20
Eyes Wide Open
Few critical thinkers remain in the era of quicly consumed, sensationalist media. Even fewer offer profound insight into the dynamics of our culture; Slavoj Zizek is perhaps the last his of kind. Please give this book a chance it has much to offer.
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- Nicholas
- 06-27-20
Audible needs more Slavoj Zizek books
This book is a must for any fans of Zizek and the work! While I would not have this book be your first impression of Zizek ( you should read sublime object of ideology first) it is an instant classic. I love his analysis of blade runner, Ernest lubitch and modern geopolitics. 9/10
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- Cody Edwards
- 06-26-20
Its great but
I wish Zizek himself would have done the reading for this. Its not the same without his ticks
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