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In The Tech Coup, Marietje Schaake explains how technology companies crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments. She takes us beyond the headlines to high-stakes meetings with human rights defenders, business leaders, computer scientists, and politicians to show how technologies have gone from being heralded as utopian to undermining the pillars of our democracies.

Um die Demokratie ist es schlecht bestellt. Nicht nur global, auch in Deutschland. Eine autoritär auftretende Linke verspielt die Errungenschaften, die sie selbst erkämpft hat; eine autoritäre Rechte möchte eine zweifelhafte Vergangenheit wiederaufleben lassen. Und beide Gruppierungen schließen Allianzen mit einem erstarkenden Islamismus, der von Parallelgesellschaften heraus in Schulen und Universitäten vordringt. Die wichtigste Frage der Gegenwart ist, wie sich Freiheit und Demokratie in dieser existenziellen Krise bewahren lassen.

Words like hegemony, civil society, organic intellectuals, war of position, and interregnum circulate daily in politics, media, and cultural debate. But what do they really mean? Where do they come from? And why do they still matter? This book is not a conventional introduction, nor a simplified guide. It is a conceptual compass for navigating Gramsci’s thought with rigor, clarity, and historical depth.

In How The Democrats Won The Blacks, Robin G. Robinson II breaks down one of the most controversial and misunderstood political shifts in American history. This audiobook traces the journey from slavery to modern political alignment—examining how power, policy, and incentives that shaped much of the Black community over time. Through documented history and clear analysis, it challenges commonly accepted narratives and invites listeners to examine the full record for themselves.

La fragilidad del campamento emprende un recorrido histórico y filosófico, partiendo de la antigüedad, cuando un hombre podía ser condenado a muerte por motivos de disidencia religiosa, hasta nuestros tiempos, donde la aceptación de las diferencias es el componente básico para la construcción de cualquier democracia verdadera.

In a trenchant work of nonfiction, the #1 New York Times bestselling author identifies a series of self-inflicted wounds on our body politic that have led to the current moment, and shows us how we can undo the harm “A modern-day Tocqueville, Richard North Patterson marshals an immense amount...

As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Proclaiming Liberty revisits the revolutionary year of 1776 through the minds of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two men whose words and ideas gave birth to modern liberty. Timothy Sandefur's engaging narrative brings to life the "American mind" as those extraordinary Founders sought to express it—their arguments, ideals, and enduring beliefs in natural rights and self-government.

"Keep religion and politics separate!" For decades, scholars assumed that less religion would lead to a more peaceful and unified form of politics. And yet, as religious identity recedes from American public life, the opposite appears to be the case. Our post-religious politics are growing more...

Russland testet die NATO, die USA brechen als Verbündete weg, demokratiefeindliche Kräfte gewinnen an Macht. Wie wir unsere Demokratie gegen Angriffe von innen und außen schützen, das ist die bestimmende Frage unserer Zeit. Als aktiver Soldat weiß Simon Engel, dass dafür ein Sonderetat für die Bundeswehr und eine mögliche Wehrpflicht allein nicht reichen werden.

Wie sollten wir mit Menschen umgehen, deren politische Ansichten uns fremd oder sogar gefährlich erscheinen? Sympathisanten der extremen Rechten sind Kolleginnen, Vereinsfreunde, Nachbarn – und damit Teil unseres engsten Umfelds. Die Soziologin und Journalistin Jana Glaese lotet aus, wie jenseits öffentlicher Empörung und moralischer Eindeutigkeit alltägliches Zusammenleben möglich ist – und wann nicht.

Perché tante stragi e delitti in Italia rimangono impuniti? La ricerca della verità è un percorso a ostacoli e in troppi casi, prima ancora di cercare i colpevoli, si è messa in dubbio la credibilità di chi accusava. È accaduto a Giovanni Falcone quando si disse che la bomba dell'Addaura l'aveva piazzata lui stesso e a Paolo Borsellino la cui agenda rossa, misteriosamente scomparsa, sarebbe stata un «parasole». Don Diana? «Era un camorrista.» Peppino Impastato? «Un terrorista.» La lista dei nomi infangati per distrarre l'attenzione dai delitti è lunga.

Scritto intorno al 1550 da Étienne de La Boétie, il Discorso sulla servitù volontaria è uno dei testi più audaci della modernità nascente. In poche, densissime pagine, l'autore affronta un enigma ancora irrisolto: come può un solo uomo dominare interi popoli se non grazie al loro stesso consenso? La Boétie smaschera l'illusione del potere fondato sulla forza e individua nell'abitudine, nell'interesse e nella rinuncia alla responsabilità individuale le vere radici della tirannide.

Lessons we can learn from Weimar: the last time democracy chose to end itself. The constitution of the Weimar Republic was a watershed moment in politics, an attempt to create a modern political system that secured compromise between rich and poor, and a society that offered equal rights to men...

“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance. … Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times … Lepore is the voice of sanity.”—Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget “Much in history is headlong but few grand...

"Ben Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win." ―Nancy Pelosi From one of the most successful Democratic strategists of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you―yes, you―can do to defeat Trumpism. This...

"Second Treatise of Government" by John Locke is a political philosophy work published in 1689. Writing anonymously during England's turbulent revolution, Locke outlines a radical vision of society founded on natural rights and government by consent rather than divine authority. His ideas...

El nuevo libro de Javier Cercas relata los últimos 50 años de la historia de España, que son los del diario El País, a través de un recorrido personal y una lúcida reflexión sobre los vínculos entre periodismo, literatura, política y libertades. El diario El País salió a la calle el 4 de mayo de 1976, menos de seis meses después de la muerte de Franco, cuando el camino a la democracia apenas empezaba a atisbarse.

Die Historikerin Christina Morina lebte mit ihrer Familie 2024/25 für ein Jahr in New York – als Gastprofessorin an der weltbekannten New School For Social Research. Aus nächster Nähe erlebte sie das fatale Comeback von Donald Trump und die verheerenden Folgen für die amerikanische Demokratie, die sich auch im Alltag der Menschen spiegeln. Sie war nach Amerika gekommen, um zur Geschichte der Demokratie zu forschen und zu lehren. Und plötzlich wurde sie Zeugin des großangelegten Versuchs, sie zu zerstören.

"[Narrator Steven Crossley's] British accent gives his narration an academic-sounding quality fitting for the text. He is clear and precise in pronunciation and enunciation and is suitably expressive throughout." — AudioFile Magazine The Death of Democracy is a riveting audiobook account of...

America's political parties are hollow shells of what they could be, locked in a polarized struggle for power and unrooted as civic organizations. The Hollow Parties takes listeners from the rise of mass party politics in the Jacksonian era through the years of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Today's parties, overbearing and ineffectual, have emerged from the interplay of multiple party traditions that reach back to the Founding.