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The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it is Jihadist terrorism, Putin's imperialism, or the ambitions of China's dictatorship, writes Waller R. Newell in this engaging exposé of a thousand dangers. We will see why tyranny is a permanent threat by following its strange career from Homeric Bronze Age warriors, through the empires of Alexander the Great and Rome, to the medieval struggle between the City of God and the City of Man, leading to the state-building despots of the Modern Age including the Tudors and 'enlightened despots' such as Peter the Great. The book explores the psychology of tyranny from Nero to Gaddafi, and how it changes with the Jacobin Terror into millenarian revolution. Stimulating and enlightening, Tyrants: Power, Injustice, and Terror will appeal to anyone interested in the danger posed by tyranny and terror in today's world.

Despotism. --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism

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Dictatorship. --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism

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Ethical absolutism. --- Ethical relativism. --- Religious ethics. --- Virtue. --- Ethical absolutism --- Ethical relativism --- Religious ethics --- Virtue --- Conduct of life --- Ethics --- Human acts --- Religions --- Moral relativism --- Relativism, Ethical --- Relativity (Ethics) --- Ethics, Evolutionary --- Absolutism (Ethics) --- Moral absolutism

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Dictatorships are a central focus of contemporary historical research and have taken on more relevance in recent years. How should historical researchers view dictatorship? Are there new approaches to be applied? This volume offers pithy answers. Two competing viewpoints are presented for each key theme: society, economy, institutions, culture, gender, comparisons/interconnections, and violence. Diktaturen sind ein zentraler Gegenstand zeithistorischer Forschung, der seit einigen Jahren nochmals an Relevanz und Aktualität gewinnt. Aber von welchem Stand kann die Diktaturforschung heute ausgehen? Welche neuen Wege sollte sie einschlagen? Was unterscheidet eine Diktatur von anderen politischen Systemen, wo lassen sich Gemeinsamkeiten und Übergänge erkennen? Der Band gibt pointiert und diskursiv Antworten auf diese Fragen. Nach zwei einführenden Aufsätzen beschäftigen sich jeweils ein Impulsbeitrag und ein Kommentar mit den Schwerpunkten Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Institutionen, Kultur, Gender, Vergleich/Verflechtung und Gewalt.

Dictatorship. --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Dictatorship research.

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Despotism --- -Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- History --- Austria --- Kings and rulers. --- History. --- -History