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Author | : Kevin Phillips |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 2006-03-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1101218843 |
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An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that rule—and imperil—the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority’s rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment.
Author | : Ran Hirschl |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0674264452 |
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At the intersection of two sweeping global trends—the rise of popular support for principles of theocratic governance and the spread of constitutionalism and judicial review—a new legal order has emerged: constitutional theocracy. It enshrines religion and its interlocutors as “a” or “the” source of legislation, and at the same time adheres to core ideals and practices of modern constitutionalism. A unique hybrid of apparently conflicting worldviews, values, and interests, constitutional theocracies thus offer an ideal setting—a “living laboratory” as it were—for studying constitutional law as a form of politics by other means. In this book, Ran Hirschl undertakes a rigorous comparative analysis of religion-and-state jurisprudence from dozens of countries worldwide to explore the evolving role of constitutional law and courts in a non-secularist world. Counterintuitively, Hirschl argues that the constitutional enshrinement of religion is a rational, prudent strategy that allows opponents of theocratic governance to talk the religious talk without walking most of what they regard as theocracy’s unappealing, costly walk. Many of the jurisdictional, enforcement, and cooptation advantages that gave religious legal regimes an edge in the pre-modern era, are now aiding the modern state and its laws in its effort to contain religion. The “constitutional” in a constitutional theocracy thus fulfills the same restricting function it carries out in a constitutional democracy: it brings theocratic governance under check and assigns to constitutional law and courts the task of a bulwark against the threat of radical religion.
Author | : Tish Davidson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2014-09-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1422294609 |
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Historically, theocracy has been a fairly rare form of government. Still, theocracies have appeared all over the globe, and they have taken a variety of forms. This book examines theocratic governments, from ancient Egypt to present-day Iran. It explores how different theocracies arose, how their leaders maintained authority, and what it was like for ordinary people living under religious rule. Theocracy will provide students with a wealth of fascinating and thought-provoking information.
Author | : Alexander Kaye |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190922745 |
Download The Invention of Jewish Theocracy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This book is about the attempt of Orthodox Jewish Zionists to implement traditional Jewish law (halakha) as the law of the State of Israel. These religious Zionists began their quest for a halakhic sate immediately after Israel's establishment in 1948 and competed for legal supremacy with the majority of Israeli Jews who wanted Israel to be a secular democracy. Although Israel never became a halachic state, the conflict over legal authority became the backdrop for a pervasive culture war, whose consequences are felt throughout Israeli society until today. The book traces the origins of the legal ideology of religious Zionists and shows how it emerged in the middle of the twentieth century. It further shows that the ideology, far from being endemic to Jewish religious tradition as its proponents claim, is a version of modern European jurisprudence, in which a centralized state asserts total control over the legal hierarchy within its borders. The book shows how the adoption (conscious or not) of modern jurisprudence has shaped religious attitudes to many aspects of Israeli society and politics, created an ongoing antagonism with the state's civil courts, and led to the creation of a new and increasingly powerful state rabbinate. This account is placed into wider conversations about the place of religion in democracies and the fate of secularism in the modern world. It concludes with suggestions about how a better knowledge of the history of religion and law in Israel may help ease tensions between its religious and secular citizens"--
Author | : Frederick Clarkson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Download Eternal Hostility Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How should we respond to violence against abortion clinics and some of the lunatic, even comical pronouncements of individuals on the religious right? Frederick Clarkson makes it clear that behind the lone nuts who sometimes grace the headline news is a powerful and growing political movement. Drawing on years of rigorous research, Clarkson casts light on the wild card of the "theology of vigilantism" which urges the enforcement of "God's law.
Author | : David Edward Tabachnick |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1442626674 |
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Analyzing the relationship between religion and politics throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as well as classical and medieval political philosophical sources, Challenging Theocracy critiques the contemporary formation of theocracy and the persistence of theocratic ideas around the world.
Author | : Ra Jong-yil |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2019-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1438473745 |
Download Inside North Korea’s Theocracy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
First published in Korean in 2016, Inside North Korea's Theocracy offers a fascinating and rare look at the lives of several of the regime's key leaders. Its primary focus is Jang Song-thaek, a talented and reform-minded member of the political ruling class who was executed in 2013. Jang was the son-in-law of North Korean founder, Kim Il-sung; brother-in-law of its second leader, Kim Jong-il; and uncle to its current leader, Kim Jong-un. The author traces Jang's life from his youth as a brilliant student in Pyongyang to his eventual marriage to Kim Kyong-hui and his rising power as a businessman to, ultimately, his untimely death. In addition to biographical sketches of Jang, his wife, and brother-in-law, Ra Jong-yil provides first-hand impressions of life in North Korea and illuminates the inner workings of its government.
Author | : Steven Runciman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2004-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521545914 |
Download The Byzantine Theocracy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A study of the theocratic constitution of the Byzantine Empire.
Author | : Nachman Ben-Yehuda |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2010-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199734860 |
Download Theocratic Democracy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The state of Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish democracy without a legal separation between religion and the state. An expert on the construction of social and moral problems, Nachman Ben-Yehuda examines more than 50 years of media-reported unconventional and deviant behaviour by the Haredi community.
Author | : Lila Perl |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761426318 |
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"Gives an overview of theocracy as a political system, including and historical discussion of theocratic regimes throughout the world"--Provided by publisher.