The Crisis Of Democracy. Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission
In the 1970s Samuel P.Huntington first ‘big idea' was the notion that there was a
‘crisis in democracy' which was due to a ‘democratic surge' which was
making Western-style democracies ungovernable and endangering authority
‘based on hierarchy, expertise and wealth'. The patrician Huntington
was disturbed by the demands for popular power and extended economic
rights that had grown out of the social movements of the 1960s. His
report for the Trilateral Commission rang the alarm bells about this
excess of democracy.
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(ïÿòèêðàòíîãî óâåëè÷åíèé ñòðàíàìè ÎÏÅÊ öåíû íà ñûðóþ íåôòü íà÷èíàÿ ñ
îêòÿáðÿ 1973 ãîäà), îïèñûâàëîñü ìàðêñèñòàìè êàê ñòðóêòóðíûé êðèçèñ
êàïèòàëèçìà, à ëèáåðàëàìè - êàê êðèçèñ äåìîêðàòèè
This work is designed as a supplement to the Adventures of Telemachus. It treats of the conduct and sufferings of Ulysses, the father of Telemachus. The picture which it exhibits is that of a brave man struggling with adversity; by a wise use of events, and with an inimitable presence of mind under difficulties, forcing out a way for himself through the severest trials to which human life can be exposed; with enemies natural and preternatural surrounding him on all sides. The agents in this tale, besides men and women, are giants, enchanters, sirens: things which denote external force or internal temptations, the twofold danger which a wise fortitude must expect to encounter in its course through this world. The fictions contained in it will be found to comprehend some of the most admired inventions of Grecian mythology.
The Paths Of History
This is a broad and ambitious study of the entire history of
humanity which takes as its point of departure Marx’s theory of social
evolution. However, Professor Diakonoff’s theory of world history
differs from Marx’s in a number of ways. Firstly he has expanded Marx’s
five stages of development to eight. Secondly he denies that social
evolution necessarily implies progress and shows how ‘each progress is
simultaneously a regress’, and thirdly he demonstrates that the
transition from one stage to another is not necessarily marked by
social conflict and that sometimes this is achieved peacefully and
gracefully. As the book moves through these various stages, the reader
is drawn into a remarkable and thought-provoking study of the process
of the history of the human race which focuses on the wide range of
factors (economic, social, military-technological, and
socio-pyschological) which have influenced our development from
palaeolithic times to the present day.
• Short, concise analysis of the development of mankind from palaeolithic times to the present day
• Examines all aspects of our development (e.g. social, political, economic, socio-psychological, technological, ethical)
• Bold in coverage with echoes of Marx, Toynbee and other seminal world-historical authors
An entreaty from Christopher Marlowe's Passionate Shepherd to His Love - thought by many to be the crowning example of Elizabethan pastoral poetry. The traditions of pastoral poetry, literature and drama can be traced back to the third century BC and have principally offered a conventionalised picture of rural life, the naturalness and innocence of which is seen to contrast favourably with the corruption and artificialities of city and court life.
Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis, illustrated
Though our debt to Wales for many things is great, we count not least those inheritances from the world of imagination, for which the Cymric Land was famous, even before the days of either Anglo-Saxon or Norman.