During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, political dictators were not only popular in their own countries, but were also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic Western intellectuals. The objects of this political hero-worship included Benito Mussolini, Adolph…
In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in …
"In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in…
In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in …
Im 2. Band seiner groß angelegten "Geschichte des Westens" beschreibt der renommierte Historiker die von Kriegen und totalitären Diktaturen geprägten Jahrzehnte zwischen 1914 und 1945 als eine Ausnahmezeit für die Durchsetzung des westlichen Wertesystems. (Engelbrecht Boese). W…
Die mit mehreren polnischen Fachpreisen ausgezeichnete Studie analysiert die ostdeutsche, polnische und tschechoslowakische Geschichtswissenschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Der Autor untersucht die historischen Diskurse und stellt sie in den wissenschaftspolitischen Kontext de…
The European Rescue of the Franco Regime, 1950-1975 explores how the governments of the founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community, acting collectively via the European Communities, assisted in the consolidation of the Franco re…
Tells us that, as with any disease, to understand the syndrome of dictatorship we must first consider the circumstances of its emergence, along with the symptoms and complications it causes in both the people and the dictator
