During the Nazi regime in Germany, all police forces were centralised under the command of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The political police (Gestapo), the criminal police (Kripo), and the security service (SD) were all brought together under the RSHA umbrella in 1939, commanded by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich. Using RSHA in Berlin as the ......
Salt Journals is a compelling collection of essays by Tunisian women, sharing their personal experiences with dictatorship and oppression. While rooted in the history and culture of Tunisia, these narratives reflect universal feelings of isolation, pain, and the indomitable quest for freedom. Drawn from a variety of different professions, ......
Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia, countries that only recently viewed each other as intractable foes. In Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia, Alexandar Mihailovic untangles this confluence, considering ......
In this classic study, now available in English for the first time, the late Spanish philosopher Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora reconsiders the antithesis of pathos and logos in the political realm. In real life, he postulates, ideology has mostly undesirable effects: social tension, extremism, pugnacity, and the substitution of myths for facts. ......
Authoritarians and Democrats Meeting and Competing
Battles for Freedom: Authoritarians and Democrats Meeting and Competing explores the dynamic interplay of Authoritarian and Democratic forces in global politics. Presenting a fresh analysis, the book navigates various political environments and their impact on civic society, advocating for a deeper understanding of how institutions function or ......
War Chiefs, Divine Kings, Dictators, and Totalitarians
Featuring a uniquely philosophical lens, The Origins of Tyranny: War Chiefs, Divine Kings, Dictators, and Totalitarians provides readers with an exploration of the development of tyranny throughout history within tribes, great empires, city-states, and nations. The book points to the nature of the human species as a way of understanding the roots ......
An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to 'autocratization', the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism. 70% of the world's population lives under autocracy. Cases such as China and Russia are as prominent and urgent as ever, but authoritarianism is spreading across the globe. There are more openly authoritarian states than ever, democratic regimes are 'backsliding' into autocracy, and authoritarian values and practices are increasingly normalized. This trend is attracting attention not just in academia, but across the wider media, among politicians and policy makers, and NGOs and international business. Natasha Lindstaedt is a world-leading authority in the field. Her academic reputation is arguably unmatched. She's also engaged outside academia, and regularly works with international policymakers and organisations.
An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to 'autocratization', the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism. 70% of the world's population lives under autocracy. Cases such as China and Russia are as prominent and urgent as ever, but authoritarianism is spreading across the globe. There are more openly authoritarian states than ever, democratic regimes are 'backsliding' into autocracy, and authoritarian values and practices are increasingly normalized. This trend is attracting attention not just in academia, but across the wider media, among politicians and policy makers, and NGOs and international business. Natasha Lindstaedt is a world-leading authority in the field. Her academic reputation is arguably unmatched. She's also engaged outside academia, and regularly works with international policymakers and organisations.
