Republic Of Lies

Author : Anna Merlan
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9781787460201
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic of Lies written by Anna Merlan and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump, previously outlandish ideas suddenly attained legitimacy. Trump himself is a conspiracy enthusiast: from his claim that global warming is a Chinese hoax to the accusations of "fake news," he has fanned the flames of suspicion. But it was not by the power of one man alone that these ideas gained new power. Republic of Lies looks beyond the caricatures of conspiracy theorists to explain their tenacity. Without lending the theories validity, Anna Merlan gives a nuanced, sympathetic account of the people behind them, across the political spectrum, and the circumstances that helped them take hold. The lack of a social safety net, inadequate education, bitter culture wars, and years of economic insecurity have created large groups of people who feel forgotten by their government and even besieged by it. Our contemporary conditions are a perfect petri dish for conspiracy movements: a durable, permanent, elastic climate of alienation and resentment. All the while, an army of politicians and conspiracy-peddlers has fanned the flames of suspicion to serve their own ends.

Author : Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691203830
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hate in the Homeland written by Cynthia Miller-Idriss and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hate in the Homeland shows how tomorrow's far-right nationalists are being recruited in surprising places, from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms, and YouTube cooking channels. Instead of focusing on the how and why of far-right radicalization, Miller-Idriss seeks answers in the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. Where does the far right do its recruiting? When do young people encounter extremist messaging in their everyday lives? Miller-Idriss shows how far-right groups are swelling their ranks and developing their cultural, intellectual, and financial capacities in a variety of mainstream settings. She demonstrates how young people on the margins of our communities are targeted in these settings, and how the path to radicalization is a nuanced process of moving in and out of far-right scenes throughout adolescence and adulthood."--

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Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Taner Akçam
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136773
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Empire to Republic written by Taner Akçam and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taner Akçam is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and discuss openly the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman-Turkish government in 1915. This book discusses western political policies towards the region generally, and represents the first serious scholarly attempt to understand the Genocide from a perpetrator rather than victim perspective, and to contextualize those events within Turkey's political history. By refusing to acknowledge the fact of genocide, successive Turkish governments not only perpetuate massive historical injustice, but also pose a fundamental obstacle to Turkey's democratization today.

Author : Robert W. Orttung
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9780765605597
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation written by Robert W. Orttung and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A presentation of political, economic and demographic data on every territorial unit of the Russian Federation, its local government structure and electoral history. Each entry includes a profile of the president, governor or prime minister, and an overview of local trends.

Author : Ian Tinny
Publisher : No Pledge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1515295931
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LIES and the LYING LIARS who tell them written by Ian Tinny and published by No Pledge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pledge of Allegiance was the origin of the Nazi salute and Nazi behavior. Swastikas were "S" letters for "SOCIALIST" under the Nazis (the National Socialist German Workers Party). The pledge remains the first bullying that begins each day in government schools (socialist schools) in Police State USA. The astonishing discoveries of the historian Dr. Rex Curry are reviewed by author Ian Tinny who then asks the question that must be asked: What do Americans know about the pledge? And, if not, why don't they know? When did they first not know? Why don't they ask to have the pledge explained to them? Do they know that they don't understand it? Americans say repeatedly, "The pledge is freedom!" The presstitutes say nothing in response. Is it because there's a socialist bias in the media? I think so. And I think their attitude is: "Americans don't know! Leave those pathetic voters alone, they don't know!" Join the Pointer Instutute and the Dead Writers Club and help provide remedial education. Stop teachers from drilling children to verbally fellate the flag every morning. Stop the daily witch hunt. Stop the Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them. Remove the pledge from the flag; remove flags from schools; remove schools from government.

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Total Pages : 678 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Kurlansky
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0884489140
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A KIRKUS' SELECTION FOR BEST TEEN & YA NONFICTION 2022 NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 PW HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2022 In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “BIG LIE”, a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world. It is not only a history-of, but a how-to manual for seeing through Big Lies and thinking critically. Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization. They corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. They prevent humanity from addressing critical challenges. They perpetuate injustices. They destabilize the world. The modern age has provided ever-more-effective ways of spreading lies, but it has also given us the scientific method, which is the most effective tool for finding what is true. In the book’s final chapter, Kurlansky reveals ways to deconstruct an allegation. A scientific theory has to be testable, and so does an allegation. BIG LIES soars across history: alighting on the “noble lies” of Socrates and Plato; Nero blaming Christians for the burning of Rome; the great injustices of the Middle Ages; the big lies of Stalin and Hitler and their terrible consequences; the reckless lies of contemporary demagogues, which are amplified through social media; lies against women and Jews are two examples in the long history of “othering” the vulnerable for personal gain; up to the equal-opportunity spotlight in America. “Belief is a choice,” Kurlansky writes, “and honesty begins in each of us. A lack of caring what is true or false is the undoing of democracy. The alternative to truth is a corrupt state in which the loudest voices and most seductive lies confer power and wealth on grifters and oligarchs. We cannot achieve a healthy planet for all the world’s people if we do not keep asking what is true.”

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135095841
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Territories of the Russian Federation 2012 written by Europa Publications and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the eighty-three constituent units of the Russian Federation. The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, focusing on the evolution of the relationship between the central state and the regions, followed by a chronology, demographic and economic statistics, and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys, with a chapter on each of Russia’s federal subjects, each of which includes a current map. The third section comprises a select bibliography of books. The fourth section features a series of indexes, listing the territories alphabetically, by Federal Okrug and Economic Area. Users will also find a gazetteer of selected alternative and historic names, and a list of the territories abolished, created or reconstituted in the post-Soviet period.

Author : Adolph Steinwehr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primary Geography written by Adolph Steinwehr and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: