Enemies of Freedom

Enemies of Freedom
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Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015013926996
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Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Enemies of Freedom by : Bob Altemeyer

This book provides important insights into the authoritarian personality, revealing why right-wing authoritarian tAndencies develop in some individuals and not in others. It also shows how a person's predisposition toward right-wing authoritariansim can be measured, and more.

Freedom and Its Betrayal

Freedom and Its Betrayal
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780691157573
ISBN-13 : 069115757X
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Freedom and Its Betrayal by : Isaiah Berlin

These celebrated lectures constitute one of Isaiah Berlin's most concise, accessible, and convincing presentations of his views on human freedom—views that later found expression in such famous works as "Two Concepts of Liberty" and were at the heart of his lifelong work on the Enlightenment and its critics. When they were broadcast on BBC radio in 1952, the lectures created a sensation and confirmed Berlin’s reputation as an intellectual who could speak to the public in an appealing and compelling way. A recording of only one of the lectures has survived, but Henry Hardy has recreated them all here from BBC transcripts and Berlin’s annotated drafts. Hardy has also added, as an appendix to this new edition, a revealing text of "Two Concepts" based on Berlin’s earliest surviving drafts, which throws light on some of the issues raised by the essay. And, in a new foreword, historian Enrique Krauze traces the origin of Berlin’s idea of negative freedom to his rejection of the notion that the creation of the State of Israel left Jews with only two choices: to emigrate to Israel or to renounce Jewish identity.

Defending My Enemy

Defending My Enemy
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1617700452
ISBN-13 : 9781617700453
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Defending My Enemy by : Aryeh Neier

Originally published: New York: Dutton, c1979. With new foreword.

Patriotic Correctness

Patriotic Correctness
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781317254690
ISBN-13 : 1317254694
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Patriotic Correctness by : John K. Wilson

After 9/11, liberal professors and students faced an onslaught of attacks on their patriotism and academic freedom. In a lively narrative this book tells the story of attacks on academic freedom in the past five years. It highlights nationally prominent and lesser known cases, drawing upon media reports, university documents, and reports and studies seldom seen by the public. It shows how conservative attacks on higher education distort the facts in order to pursue an assault on liberal ideas. A wave of Web sites and think-tanks urge students to spy on their professors for any sign of deviation from the new PC: Patriotic Correctness. Free speech on campus is facing its greatest threat in a half century, and Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies documents the danger to rights and looks to solutions for ensuring and promoting the free exchange of ideas requisite in any thriving democracy.

Enemies Within

Enemies Within
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781476727943
ISBN-13 : 1476727945
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Enemies Within by : Matt Apuzzo

Two Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists take an unbridled look into one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations—a breathtaking race to stop a second devastating terrorist attack on American soil. In Enemies Within, Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman “reveal how New York really works” (James Risen, author of State of War) and lay bare the complex and often contradictory state of counterterrorism and intelligence in America through the pursuit of Najibullah Zazi, a terrorist bomber who trained under one of bin Laden’s most trusted deputies. Zazi and his co-conspirators represented America’s greatest fear: a terrorist cell operating inside America. This real-life spy story—uncovered in previously unpublished secret NYPD documents and interviews with intelligence sources—shows that while many of our counterterrorism programs are more invasive than ever, they are often counterproductive at best. After 9/11, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly initiated an audacious plan for the Big Apple: dispatch a vast network of plainclothes officers and paid informants—called “rakers” and “mosque crawlers”—into Muslim neighborhoods to infiltrate religious communities and eavesdrop on college campuses. Police amassed data on innocent people, often for their religious and political beliefs. But when it mattered most, these strategies failed to identify the most imminent threats. In Enemies Within, Appuzo and Goldman tackle the tough questions about the measures that we take to protect ourselves from real and perceived threats. They take you inside America’s sprawling counterterrorism machine while it operates at full throttle. They reveal what works, what doesn’t, and what Americans have unknowingly given up. “Did the Snowden leaks trouble you? You ain’t seen nothing yet” (Dan Bigman, Forbes editor).

Our Enemy, the State

Our Enemy, the State
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Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9781610163729
ISBN-13 : 1610163729
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Our Enemy, the State by : Albert Jay Nock

Freedom in the World 2011

Freedom in the World 2011
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 862
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ISBN-10 : 9781442209947
ISBN-13 : 1442209941
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Freedom in the World 2011 by : Freedom House

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 194 countries and 14 territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.

Last Call for Liberty

Last Call for Liberty
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9780830873371
ISBN-13 : 0830873376
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Last Call for Liberty by : Os Guinness

The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Will conflicts, hostility, and incivility tear the country apart? Os Guinness provides a careful observation of the American experiment, offering a stirring vision for faithful citizenship and renewed responsibility for not only the nation but also the watching world.

Freedom in the World 2004

Freedom in the World 2004
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 756
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ISBN-10 : 0742536459
ISBN-13 : 9780742536456
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Freedom in the World 2004 by : Aili Piano

Freedom in the World contains both comparative ratings and written narratives and is now the standard reference work for measuring the progress and decline in political rights and civil liberties on a global basis.

Freedom in the World 2015

Freedom in the World 2015
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 877
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ISBN-10 : 9781442254084
ISBN-13 : 1442254084
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Freedom in the World 2015 by : Freedom House

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fourteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.