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Cambridge University Press Tyranny: A New Interpretation

Name: Tyranny: A New Interpretation
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought. Waller R. Newell argues that modern tyranny and statecraft differ fundamentally from the classical understanding. Newell demonstrates a historical shift in emphasis from the classical thinkers' stress on the virtuous character of rulers and the need for civic education to the modern emphasis on impersonal institutions and cold-blooded political method. By diagnosing the varieties of tyranny from erotic voluptuaries like Nero, the steely determination of reforming conquerors like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar and modernizing despots such as Napoleon and Ataturk to the collectivist revolutions of the Jacobins, Bolsheviks, Nazis and Khmer Rouge, Newell shows how tyranny is every bit as dangerous to free democratic societies today as it was in the past.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1107010322
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 27 May 2013
Listed Since: 04 July 2012

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